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Shimonada Formation

• Coherent formation
• Izumi sedimentary basin
• Forearc basin associated with strike-slip fault related to Median Tectonic Line
• Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian

• Lithofacies:

• Thickness: 600 m

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

• Distribution: Awaji city, Hyogo pref.

• Miyata et al. (1993) Geology of the Wakayama and Ozaki District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 68p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)