Kokuzoyama Gravel Bed

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Kokuzoyama Gravel Bed

Some researchers interpret as a higher terrace deposit.

Coherent formation
Pleistocene

Sedimentary facies: Fluvial
Lithofacies: Gravels

Lower limit: Unconformity (Shirakawaike Formation)

Osaka Group (Nara, Nara pref.)
[ Upper ]
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Kokuzoyama Conglomerate
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Shirakawaike Formation
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[ Lower ]

Second Setouchi Supergroup (Osaka pref. - Hyogo pref.)
[ Upper ]
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Osaka Group
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[ Lower ]

[ Upper ]
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Second Setouchi Supergroup
?--?--?--?--?-
First Setouchi Supergroup
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Mount Kokuzoyama, Nara city, Nara pref.

Nishioka et al. (2001) Geology of the Sakurai District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 141p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)
Ozaki et al. (2000) Geology of the Nara District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 162p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)