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Shinocho Formation Ueji, 1961

• Coherent formation
• Pleistocene
• Correlation: upper Osaka Group, Koshihaata Formation

• Lithofacies (Upper): Gravels, Sands
• Lithofacies (Lower): Clay
• Lithofacies (Minor): Lignite, Peat, Volcanic ash

• Thickness: 30 - 50 m or thicker
• Thickness (Upper): 5 m
• Thickness (Lower): 20 m

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

• Distribution: Shino town - Yunohana, Kameoka city, Kyoto pref.
• Fossils (Plants): Chamaecyparis pisifera, Fagus japonica, Magnolia obovata, Nelumbo nucifera, Paliurus nipponicus, Pseudostsuga japonica, Trapa macropoda, Trapella antennifer

• Imoto et al. (1989) Geology of the Kyoto-Seihokubu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 84p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)