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Kishiwada Formation

• Coherent formation
• Pleistocene
• Correlation: Uemachi Formation

• Sedimentary facies: Fluvial
• Sedimentary facies: Coastal terrace, River terrace, Alluvial fan
• Sedimentary facies: Middle terrace deposits
• Lithofacies: Sands, Gravels

• Thickness: 10 m or thinner
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Osaka Group)

• Distribution: Kishiwada city - Kaizuka city - Izumisano city, Osaka pref.; Tarui, Sennan city, Osaka pref.; Makiogawa river, Izumi city, Osaka pref.
• Fossils: Palaeolaxodon naumanni

• 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.)