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Sashimi Formation (Mii, 1966) Kano et al., 1998
Invalid synonym: Kawamukai Formation
- Type locality: Sashimi seashore, Koryo town, Izumo city, Shimane prefecture
- Coherent formation
- Pleistocene (Last Glacial Period)
- Correlation: Yumigahama Formation, Yasugi Formation
- Sedimentary facies: Marine, Brackish
- Sedimentary facies (Top): Coastal deposits, Sand dune deposits
- Lithofacies (Top): Sands
- Lithofacies (Upper): Silty clay
- Lithofacies (Upper, Minor): Sands, Peat
- Lithofacies (Middle): Sands
- Lithofacies (Middle, Minor): Mud
- Lithofacies (Lower): Gravels
- Sedimentary structures (Top): Planar cross-stratification, Wavy cross-stratification, Dune cross-stratification, Parallel stratification
- Sashimi Formation
- [ Upper ]
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- SK
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- (Top, Invalid name) Ishidani Formation
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- DMP
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- (Top, Invalid name) Sashimi Formation
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- (Upper, Invalid name) Sotozono Formation
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- [ Lower ]
------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Sashimi seashore, Koryo town, Izumo city, Shimane pref.; Kandogawa river - Taisha bay, Izumo city, Shimane pref.
- Fossils: Ostrea sp.
- Tephra: DMP
- Kano et al. (1998) Geology of the Taisha District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 58p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)
- Kano et al. (1991) Geology of the Imaichi District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 79p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)