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Goshikihama Formation Mizuno, 1992

• Type locality: Torikaihama - Torikai, Sumoto city, Hyogo prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Pliocene - Pleistocene (? - –ñ1.2 Ma)
• Correlation: Tonouchi Member

• Sedimentary facies: Fluvial, Lacustrine
• Lithofacies: Gravels (Schist gravel bearing)
• Lithofacies (Middle, Minor): Silt, Clay, Sands
• Lithofacies (Lower, Minor): Silt, Clay, Sands

• Thickness: ca. 150 m
• Lower limit: Conformity (Tsushi Member)

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

• Distribution: Torikaihama - Torikai - Hiroishi - Shimosakai, Sumoto city, Hyogo pref.; Matsuho - Shitoori, Minamiawaji city, Hyogo pref.
• Fossils: Stegodon sp.

• 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.)