Larix Formation

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Larix Formation Miki, 1941

Coherent formation
Pleistocene

Sedimentary facies: Fluvial, Lacustrine
Sedimentary facies: Alluvial fan deposits
Climate: Cold temperate, Subarctic
Lithofacies: Peat

Thickness: 20 - 30 cm
between Ma 6 and Ma 7

Manchidani Formation
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Adeku Formation
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Ma 8
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Ma 7
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Larix Formation
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Ma 6
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Osaka Group (Nishinomiya, Hyogo pref.)
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Manchidani Formation
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Second Setouchi Supergroup (Osaka pref. - Hyogo pref.)
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Osaka Group
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Second Setouchi Supergroup
?--?--?--?--?-
First Setouchi Supergroup
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------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

Distribution: Manchidani town, Nishinomiya city, Hyogo pref.; Lake Shinike, Takakura town, Nishinomiya city, Hyogo pref.; Hirakata hills, Osaka pref.
Fossils (Plants): Abies veitchii, Acer cf. miyabei, Betula platyphylla, Chamaecyparis pisifera, Corylus heterophylla, Larix gmelinii, Picea bicolor, Pinus koraiensis, Thuja protojaponica

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.)