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Taketoyo Formation (Kose, 1929) Takenouchi, 1975

• Type locality: Fuki, Taketoyo city, Chita county, Aichi prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Pleistocene
• Correlation: Ama Formation

• Sedimentary facies: Fluvial
• Sedimentary facies (Minor): Marine, Brackish
• Lithofacies (Top): Gravels, Sands, Clay
• Lithofacies (Upper): Gravels
• Lithofacies (Middle): Sands
• Lithofacies (Lower): Silt
• Lithofacies (Bottom): Sands, Gravels
• Sedimentary structures (Sands): Parallel stratification, Cross stratification
• Paleocurrent: from West-northwest - West

• Thickness: ca. 5 - 20 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Kamezaki Terrace Deposits)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Tokoname Formation)

• Distribution: Fuki, Taketoyo city, Chita county, Aichi pref.; Kowa, Mihama city, Chita county, Aichi pref.; Shinchi, Chita city, Aichi pref.; Handa city, Aichi pref.
• Fossils (Top, Pollen): Alnus sp., Carpinus sp., Corylus sp., Fagus sp., Lagerstroemia sp., Picea sp., Pinus sp., Quercus sp., Sciadopitys sp., Tsuga sp., Ulmus sp., Zelkova sp.
• Fossils (Middle, Pollen): Alnus sp., Corylus sp., Quercus sp., Ulmus sp., Zelkova sp.
• Fossils (Top, Diatoms): Cyclotella striata, Melosira sulcaata
• Fossils (Middle, Diatoms): Achnanthes sp., Caloneis sp., Eunotia sp., Rhopalodia sp.

• Kondo and Kimura (1987) Geology of the Morozaki District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 93p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)
• 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.)