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Shiomisaka Gravel Bed Sakamoto et al., 1984

• Coherent formation
• Higher terrace depositsl
• middle Pleistocene
• Correlation: Ama Formation

• Sedimentary facies: Fluvial
• Paleo-river system: Utsutsugawa river
• Lithofacies: Gravels
• Sedimentary structures: Imbricate structure
• Paleocurrent: from Northeast to Southwest

• Thickness: 5 - 6 m
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Yadagawa Formation)

• Distribution: Shinooka, Komaki city, Aichi pref.; Tokaen park - Shiomisaka park, Kasugai city, Aichi pref.

• Sakamoto et al. (1984) Geology of the Nagoya-Hokubu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 64p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)