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Hongo Formation Imoto et al., 1991

• Type locality: Shorinji temple, Hongo, Tambasasayama city, Hyogo prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Pleistocene
• Correlation: Shitsukawa Formation

• Lithofacies: Conglomerate

• Thickness: 4 m or thicker
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Tamba Belt)

• Distribution: Hongo, Tambasasayama city, Hyogo pref.; Mizuho, Kyotamba city, Funai county, Kyoto pref.

• Imoto et al. (1991) Geology of the Sonobe District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 68p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)