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Nate Formation

• Coherent formation
• Izumi sedimentary basin
• Forearc basin associated with strike-slip fault related to Median Tectonic Line
• Cretaceous
• Contemporaneous heterotopic facies: Kokawa Formation

• Lithofacies: Conglomerate, Sandstone, Mudstone

• Thickness: 700 m or thicker
• Upper limit: Unknown
• Lower limit: Unknown

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

• Distribution: Izumi mountains, Osaka pref.

• Seike and Hirano (2013) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.119, no.6, pp.397-409 DOI
• Miyata et al. (2012) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.118, Supplement, pp.37-52 DOI