Upper part

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Upper part

Coherent formation
Pleistocene (ca. 0.85 - 0.6 Ma)
Correlation: Middle part of Tanaka Formaiton

Sedimentary facies: Fluvial, Lacustrine
Sedimentary facies (Minor): Marine
Lithofacies: Gravels, Sands
Sedimentary structures: Trough cross-stratification, Parallel stratification, Channel structure

Upper limit: Top of Ma 6
Upper limit: Conformity (Upper Most part)
Lower limit: Bottom of Ma 3
Lower limit: Unconformity (Lower part)

Upper part
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Ma 6
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Ma 5
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Ma 4
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Ma 3
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Osaka Group
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Upper Most part
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Upper part
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Lower part
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Lower Most part
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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: Tenjin town, Takatsuki city, Osaka pref.; Saikyo ward, Kyoto city, Kyoto pref.; Komyoji, Nagaokakyo city, Kyoto pref.

Hongo (2009) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.115, no.2, pp.64-79 DOI
Miyachi et al. (2005) Geology of the Kyoto-Seinambu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 90p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)
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.)