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Fukue Formation

Invalid synonym: Takashihara Formation (Western part), Kokitenpakubara Formation

• Type locality: Fukue town, Tahara city, Aichi prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Pleistocene (between MIS 7 and MIS 1)
• Contemporaneous heterotopic facies: Toyokawa Formation?
• Correlation: Shinjohara Formation

• Sedimentary facies (Upper): Marine, Fluvial
• Sedimentary facies (Middle): Marine
• Sedimentary facies (Lower): Fluvial
• Sedimentary facies (Middle): Transgressive deposit
• Lithofacies (Upper): Gravels, Mud
• Lithofacies (Middle): Sandy mud, Muddy sands
• Lithofacies (Lower): Gravels
• Sedimentary structures: Parallel stratification, Cross stratification, Foreset beds

• Thickness: ca. 5 - 30 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Kozakai Formation, Younger Fan Deposits)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Toshima Sand and Gravel Member)

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

• Distribution: Fukue town - Wakami - Otto - Minamikanbe town - Katahama, Tahara city, Aichi pref.; Osaki town, Toyokawa city, Aichi pref.; Tenpaku town - Fujinami town - Mukaiyama town - Komagata town - Matsui town - Ashihara town, Toyohashi city, Aichi pref.
• Fossils (Shellfishes): Dosinia sp., Macoma sp., Nuttallia sp., Raeta sp.
• Fossils: Pipe rocks

• Nakashima et al. (2008) Geology of the Toyohashi and Tahara District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 113p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)
• Miyazaki et al. (2008) Geology of the Goyu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 97p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)