[ Top ] [ Japanese ]

Lower Terrace Deposits

• Coherent formation
• Pliocene - Pleistocene

• Sedimentary facies: Fluvial
• Lithofacies: Sands, Gravels

• Thickness: 2 - 5 m or thicker
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Osaka Group)

• Distribution: Toshimagawa river - Ikuhagawa river - Murotsugawa river - Shinkawa river - Shinmura - Noda - Ikuhogawa river - Gungegawa river - Nakakodera, Awaji city, Hyogo pref.; Tsushigawa river - Torikaigawa river, Sumoto city, Hyogo pref.

• Takahashi et al. (1992) Geology of the Sumoto District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 107p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)
• Mizuno et al. (1990) Geology of the Akashi District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 90p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)