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Notono Formation Hokuriku Quaternary Research Group, 1968

• Type locality: Notono, Wakasa city, Mikatakaminaka county, Fukui prefecture
• Coherent formation
• middle Pleistocene

• Sedimentary facies: Fluvial
• Sedimentary facies: Alluvial fan
• Lithofacies: Sands, Gravels
• Lithofacies (Minor): Silt, Volcanic ash
• Lithofacies (Basal): Breccia

• Thickness: ca. 20 - 100 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Middle II Terrace Deposits, Lower II Terrace Deposits)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Tamba Belt)

• Distribution: Notono - Fujii - Reinan farm - Kurami, Wakasa city, Mikatakaminaka county, Fukui pref.
• Fossils: Insects (Donacia? sp.)
• Fossils (Plants): Alnus sp., Menyantes trifoliataTrapa sp., Tsuga sp.

• Nakae et al. (2002) Geology of the Nishizu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 90p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)
• Nakae and Yoshioka (1998) Geology of the Kumagawa District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 71p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)