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Kohoguchisawa Formation
- Coherent formation
- Late Triassic, Norian
- Sedimentary facies: Marine
- Depth of water: Very shallow
- Lithofacies: Sandstone
- Lithofacies (Minor): Conglomerate
- Thickness: 300 m or thicker
------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Kohoguchi creek, Minakami city, Tone county, Gunma pref.
- Chihara and Komatsu (1992) Geology of the Hakkaisan District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 107p. (in Japanese with English abstract 8p.)