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Volcanic Fan II Deposit Kano et al., 2025

• Type locality: Hebinokawa river, Tominaga, Daisen city, Saihaku county, Tottori prefecture
• Volcanic rocks
• middle Pleistocene (0.12 - 0.11 Ma)

• Sedimentary facies (Upper): Debris flow deposit
• Sedimentary facies (Lower): Hyperconcentrated flood flow deposit
• Sedimentary facies: Reworked deposits of Nawa Pyroclastic Flow Deposit
• Lithofacies (Upper): Gravels, Sands
• Lithofacies (Lower): Tuffaceous sands
• Sedimentary structures: Graded bedding, Parallel stratification, Wavy stratification

• Thickness: 20 m or thinner
• Thickness (Upper): 0.4 - 2 m
• Thickness (Lower): 0.2 - 0.4 m
• Upper limit: Conformity (Eolian deposit intercalating SK), Unconformity (Volcanic Fan V Deposit)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Nawa Pyroclastic Flow Deposits)

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

• Distribution: Tominaga - Tatarado - Shimodaisen, Daisen city, Saihaku county, Tottori pref.

• Kano et al. (2025) Geology of the Yonago District (2nd Ed.), Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 84p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)