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Kagiya Formation Itoigawa, 1971 ex Matsuzawa and Uemura, 1957

• Type locality: Kagiya town, Tokai city, Aichi prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Pleistocene
• Correlation: Karayama Formation, Yagoto Formation

• Sedimentary facies: Fluvial
• Lithofacies: Gravels
• Lithofacies (Minor): Sands

• Thickness: ca. 5 - 30 m
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Yadagawa Formation)

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

• Yoshida and Ozaki (1986) Geology of the Handa District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 98p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)
• 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.)