Tara Formation

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Tara Formation

Coherent formation
Fluvio-lacustrine basin including Lake Tokai
Pliocene - Pleistocene
Transitional: Oizumi Formation

Sedimentary facies: Fluvial, Lacustrine
Sedimentary facies: Alluvial fan, Braided river
Lithofacies: Gravels, Mud
Paleocurrent: to Southeast

Tokai Group (Kamiishizu, Gifu pref.)
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Komeno Formation
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Tara Formation
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Ichinohara 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
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First Setouchi Supergroup
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Kamiishizu - Tara, Ogaki city, Gifu pref.; Fujiwara town, Inabe city, Mie pref.
Fossils: Stegodon akashiensis
Fossils (Plants): Glyptostrobus pensilis, Metasequoia disticha, Metasequoia japonica, Stewartia sp., Styrax sp.
Tephra: Dokidani I Tephra, Tara Tephra

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.)