Mitagawa Formation

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Mitagawa Formation

Type locality: Saga prefecture
Coherent formation
Late Pleistocene

Sedimentary facies: Fluvial
Lithofacies: Sand, Gravel

Upper limit: Conformity
Lower limit: Conformity

Northeast Chikushi plain
[ Upper ]
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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.; Asakura city - Niomaru - Kitano village - Tanushimaru village, Kurume city, Fukuoka pref.
Tephra: Aso-4 tephra

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