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Umezako Formation

• Coherent formation
• Pleistocene
• Correlation: Mononobe Formation, Terrace Deposits (Yuragawa river), Terrace Deposits (Kanbayashigawa river)

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

• Thickness: 10 m or thicker

• Distribution: Umezako town - Mukoda town - Nose, Ayabe city, Kyoto pref.

• Igi et al. (1961) Maizuru, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 49p. (in Japanese with English abstract 9p.)