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Urato Formation Makinouchi, 1980

• Type locality: Kowa, Mihama city, Chita county, Aichi prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Pleistocene

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Sedimentary facies: Middle terrace deposits
• Lithofacies (Top): Gravels
• Lithofacies (Upper): Silt
• Lithofacies (Upper, Minor): Pipe rocks
• Lithofacies (Lower): Breccia

• Thickness (Upper): ca. 7 m
• Thickness (Lower): 3 m or thicker
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Tokai Group)

• Distribution: Kowa - Futto, Mihama city, Chita county, Aichi pref.; Cape Umidahana, Minamichita city, Chita county, Aichi pref.
• Fossils�� (Pollen): Alnus sp., Fagus sp., Lagerstroemia sp., Pinus sp., Quercus 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.)