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Miyoshi Formation Machida et al., 1962

• Type locality: Azabu town, Miyoshi city, Aichi prefecture
• Coherent formation
• early Pleistocene (MIS 21)
• Correlation: Yagoto Formation, Myodaiji Formation

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

• Thickness: 5 - 20 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Ibohara Formation)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Yadagawa Formation)

• Distribution: Azabu town - Miyoshioka hill, Miyoshi city, Aichi pref.; Sanage town - Nishinakyama town - Otobe town - Ibo town - Maigi town - Josui town, Toyota city, Aichi pref.; Lake Suhaaraike, Kariya city, Aichi pref.
• Fossils (Pollen): Pinus sp., Quercus (Cyclobalanopsis) sp., Quercus (Lepidobalanus) sp.

• Nakashima et al. (2021) Geology of the Toyota District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 91p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)