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Kagiya Formation Matsuzawa and Uemura, 1957

• Coherent formation
• Pleistocene
• Correlation: Karayama Formation, Yagoto Formation

• Sedimentary facies: Fluvial
• Lithofacies: Gravels

• Thickness: ca. 210 - 30 m
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Yadagawa Formation)

• Distribution: Chita hills, Nawa town - Kagiya town, Tokai city, Aichi pref.; Ofu hills, Ofu city, Aichi pref.

• Sakamoto et al. (1986) Geology of the Nagoya-Nambu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 55p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)