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Kekura Formation

• Coherent formation
• Pleistocene

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Lithofacies (Main): Sandstone, Siltstone

• Thickness: 50 m or thicker
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Yoshino Pyroclastic Flow Deposit)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Shirahama Basalt)

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

• Distribution: Ryugamizu, Kagoshima city, Kagoshima pref.; Iso garden, Yoshino village, Kagoshima city, Kagoshima pref.
• Fossils: Dosinia sp., Anadara sp., Paphia sp.

• Uchimura et al. (2014) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.120, Supplement, pp.127-153 DOI