Nishinomiya Shell Bed

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Nishinomiya Shell Bed Ueji, 1926

Coherent formation
Pleistocene

Sedimentary facies: Shallow marine
Lithofacies: Clay

Manchidani Formation
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Nishinomiya Shell Bed
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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
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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.
Fossils (Shellfishes): Angulus vestaloides, Cardium multicum, Dosinia cf. angulosa, Lima basilanica, Lucaina stearnsiana, Lucinoma anulata, Macoma tokyoensis, Pecten tokyoensis, Phaxas attenuatus, Raeta pulchella

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.)