Recent Sand Dune

Type locality: Tottori city, Tottori prefecture
Coherent formation
Holocene - Present

Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
Lithofacies: Sand

Lower limit: Volcanic ash soil (Sanbe-Kisuki Pumice Bed, 0.1 Ma; Aso-4 Tuff Bed, 90 ka; Daisen-Kurayoshi Pumice Bed, 55 ka; Aira-Tn Tuff Bed, 25ka)

Tottori Sand Dunes
[ Upper ]
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Recent Sand Dune
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Ancient Sand Dune
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[ Lower ]

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Distribution: Tottori city, Tottori pref.

Sakiyama et al. (2012) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.118, Supplement, pp.1-20 DOI