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Itami Formation

• Coherent formation
• Pleistocene (29.8 ka, ¹⁴C)
• Correlation: lower Tenma Formation

• Sedimentary facies (Upper): Fluvial, Lacustrine
• Sedimentary facies (Lower): Marine
• Sedimentary facies (Upper): Flood plain
• Paleo-river system (Upper): Inagawa river, Mukogawa river
• Lithofacies (Upper): Gravels
• Lithofacies (Lower): Clay

• Thickness (Lower): 8 - 13 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Nanko Formation)

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

• Distribution: Itami city, Hyogo pref.; Uekushiro, Kawanishi city, Hyogo pref.
• Fossils: Foraminifera, Diatoms, Pollen
• Fossils (Shellfishes): Macoma kotyoensis, Scapharca satowi, Turritella kurosio
• Fossils (Plants): Chamaecyparis obtusa, Juniperus conferta, Meiia sp., Paliurus sp., Prunus sp., Quercus sp., Sapium sp., Sctidopitys verticillata, Styrax japonica, Zanthoxylum sp.

• Huzita and Kasama (1982) Geology of the Osaka-Seihokubu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 112p. (in Japanese with English abstract 8p.)