Manchidani Formation

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Manchidani Formation

Invalid synonym: Kawanishi Gravel Formation, Kawanishi Clay Formation

Coherent formation
Pleistocene
Correlation: Higher Terrace Deposits

Sedimentary facies: Fluvial, Lacustrine

Lithofacies: Conglomerate

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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[ Lower ]

[ Upper ]
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Second Setouchi Supergroup
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First Setouchi Supergroup
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------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

Distribution: Nishinomiya city, Hyogo pref.

Huzita and Kasama (1983) Geology of the Kobe District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 115p. (in Japanese with English abstract 8p.)
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.)