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Chikarao Formation Yoshida et al., 1990

Invalid synonym: Tado Formation, Tado Facies

• Type locality: Chikarao, Tado town, Kuwana city, Mie prefecture
• Coherent formation
• early Pleistocene

• Lithofacies: Gravels
• Lithofacies (Minor): Mud, Sands

• Thickness: 50 - 150 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Higher II Terrace Deposits)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Oizumi Formation, Ikaruga Member, Kuragari Formation)

• Distribution: Chikarao - Yui, Tado town, Kuwana city, Mie pref.; Onakashinden, Kuwana city, Mie pref.
• Fossils (Plants): Picea maximowiczii
• Tephra: Yoro Tephra, Yoro-U 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.)