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Meimi Formation Huzita and Kasama, 1983

Invalid synonym: Meimi Gravels, Kande Marine Clay Bed

• Type locality: Mount Takatsukayama - Tarumi, Tarumi ward, Kobe city, Hyogo prefecture
• Coherent formation
• middle Pleistocene (ca. 0.4 Ma)
• Correlation: Upper part

• Sedimentary facies: Fluvial
• Sedimentary facies (Minor): Marine
• Sedimentary facies: Transgressive deposits
• Sedimentary facies: Flood plain, Terrace deposits, Coastal plain
• Sedimentary facies: Delta, Alluvial fan
• Lithofacies: Gravels, Sands
• Lithofacies (Minor): Sandstone

• Thickness: ca. 10 - 50 m
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Akashi Formation)

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

• Distribution: Mount Takatsukayama - Tarumi - Mount Mekkosan - Kande, Tarumi ward, Kobe city, Hyogo pref.

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