Middle Terrace Deposits

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Middle Terrace Deposits

Coherent formation
Pleistocene (ca. 120 - 80 ka, Th²³⁰; MIS 5e)

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Lithofacies: Sands, Silt, Gravels

Thickness: ca. 6 m

Middle Terrace Deposit
[ Upper ]
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Hiratoko Shell Bed
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Uji Shell Bed
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[ Lower ]

------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

Distribution: Shoin town - Misaki town - Takaya town - Kawaura town, Suzu city, Ishikawa pref.; Nafune town - Najimi town, Wajima city, Ishikawa pref.; Matsunami - Shikatomari? - Tatekabe, Noto city, Hosu county, Ishikawa pref.
Tephra: SK

Yoshikawa et al. (2002) Geology of the Suzumisaki, Noto-iida and Horyuzan District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 76p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)