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Nishiyagi Formation

• Coherent formation
• Pleistocene
• Correlation: Middle Terrace Deposits

• Sedimentary facies: Fluvial
• Sedimentary facies (Minor): Marine
• Sedimentary facies: Middle terrace deposits
• Lithofacies: Sands, Gravels

• Lower limit: Unconformity (Akashi Formation)

• Distribution: Nishiyagi, Akashi city, Hyogo pref.

• Itihara et al. (1986) Geology of the Kishiwada District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 148p. (in Japanese with English abstract 7p.)
• 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.)