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Ebishima Limestone

Invalid synonym: Ebishima Formation

• Type locality: Tsushima city, Nagasaki prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Pleistocene? (before 40 ka, ¹⁴C)

• Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
• Sedimentary facies: Dunes along seashore
• Lithofacies: Limestone
• Sedimentary structures: Planar cross-stratification (set height 1.5 m or more)

• Thickness: 10 - 15 m

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

• Distribution: Tsushima city, Nagasaki pref.
• Fossils: Bivalves, Gastropods, Echinoids (Needles), Foraminifera, Calcareous algae, Bryozoans

• Ninomiya et al. (2010) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.116, no.3, pp.174-177 DOI