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Higher III Terrace Deposits

• Coherent formation
• Pliocene
• Correlation: Higher Terrace Deposits, Hyakusaiji I Terrace Deposits, Higher III Terrace Deposits (Kuwana), Younger Higher Terrace Deposits

• Lithofacies: Gravels
• Lithofacies (Minor): Silt
• Sedimentary structures: Parallel stratification, Imbricate structure

• Thickness: ca. 10 m or thinner

• Distribution: Nakanosho town, Kameyama city, Mie pref.; Iwahara - Mount Kentoyama - Hisai - Mitsugano, Tsu city, Mie pref.

• Yoshida et al. (1995) Geology of the Tsu-Seibu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 136p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)