Kawazoe Formation

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Kawazoe Formation

Type locality: Saga prefecture
Coherent formation
Middle Pleistocene (0.6 Ma, Tephra)

Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
Lithofacies (Top): Clay
Lithofacies (Top, Minor): Interbedded silt and sand
Lithofacies (Main): Sand, Interbedded sand, gravel and clay

Upper limit: Unconformity
Lower limit: Conformity

Northeast Chikushi plain
[ Upper ]
?--?--?--?--?-
Upper Hasuike Formation
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Ariake Clay Formation
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Lower Hasuike Formation
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Mitagawa Formation
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Upper Nakabaru Formation
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Takagise Formation
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Lower Nakabaru Formation
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Kawazoe Formation
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Ushiya Formation
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Fukutomi, Shiroishi city, Kishima county, Saga pref.; Yakabe, Yanagawa city, Fukuoka pref.; Shimo-Sakata, Setaka village, Miyama city, Fukuoka pref.; Asakura city - Niomaru - Kitano village - Tanushimaru village, Kurume city, Fukuoka pref.

Shimoyama et al. (2012) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.118, no.11, pp.709-722 DOI