Ma 12

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Ma 12

Coherent formation
late Pleistocene

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Sedimentary facies: Inner bay
Lithofacies: Clay

Upper limit: Unconformity
Lower limit: Unconformity

Middle Terrace Deposits
[ Upper ]
?--?--?--?--?-
Ma 12
?--?--?--?--?-
[ Lower ]

Underground of Osaka plain
[ Upper ]
+__+__+__+__+_
Namba Formation
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Tanaka Formation
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Miyakojima Formation
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[ Lower ]

Terrace Deposits
[ Upper ]
+__+__+__+__+_
Lower Terrace Deposits
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Middle Terrace Deposits
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Higher Terrace Deposits
?--?--?--?--?-
[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Osaka pref.

Hongo (2009) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.115, no.2, pp.64-79 DOI
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.)