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Noroshidai Loam

• Loam
• Pleistocene
• Correlation: upper Taniage Loam

• Lithofacies: Loam
• Lithofacies (Minor): Scoria, Pumiceous volcanic ash

• Thickness: 2.5 m
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Higher 1 Terrace Deposit)

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

• Distribution: Niigata pref.

• Yanagisawa et al. (2000) Geology of the Iiyama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 144p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)