Tokoname Formation

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Tokoname Group

Coherent formation
Fluvio-lacustrine basin including Lake Tokai
Pliocene - Pleistocene
Correlation: Yadagawa Formation

Sedimentary facies: Fluvial, Lacustrine
Lithofacies:

Tokai Group (Chita, Aichi pref.)
[ Upper ]
?--?--?--?--?-
Tokoname Formation
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Toyooka Formation
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[ Lower ]

Second Setouchi Supergroup (Mie pref. - Aichi pref.)
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Tokai Group
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[ Upper ]
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Second Setouchi Supergroup
?--?--?--?--?-
First Setouchi Supergroup
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[ Lower ]

------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

Distribution: Aichi pref.

Yoshida et al. (1991) Geology of the Kuwana District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 154p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)