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Mononobe Formation

• Coherent formation
• Pleistocene
• Contemporaneous heterotopic facies: Terrace Deposits
• Correlation: Umezako Formation, Naru Terrace Deposits

• Sedimentary facies: Lacustrine
• Sedimentary facies (Bottom): Colluvium deposits
• Lithofacies (Upper): Interbedded sands and silt
• Lithofacies (Lower): Clay, Silt

• Distribution: Monobe town - Toyosato town, Ayabe city, Kyoto pref.
• Fossils (Plants): Carpinus sp., Fagus sp., Styrax sp., Wistaria sp.

• Igi and Kuroda (1965) Oeyama, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 81p. (in Japanese with English abstract 12p.)