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Taisha Sand Dune

• Coherent formation
• Holocene (7,840 yBP, ¹⁴C)

• Sedimentary facies: Beach sand dune
• Sedimentary facies (Minor): Sand bar
• Lithofacies: Sand
• Lithofacies (Basal, Minor): Peat

• Thickness: ca. 60 m
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Sashimi Formation)

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

• Distribution: Taisha town, Izumo city, Shimane pref.; Oike - Ishidani , Koryo town, Izumo city, Shimane pref.

• 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.)