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Embana Formation Kitamura, 1980

Invalid synonym: Enbana Formation, Fuchibana Formation

• Type locality: Enbana, Kashimadai, Osaki city, Miyagi prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Pleistocene, Shimosueyoshi stage

• Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
• Lithofacies: Gravels
• Lithofacies (Minor): Sands, Silt, Tuff, Lignite
• Sedimentary structures: Loess doll

• Thickness: 3 - 6 m
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Kashimadai Formation, Bangamoriyama Formation, Omatsuzawa Formation)

• Distribution: Enbana, Kashimadai, Osaki city, Miyagi pref.

• Ishii et al. (1982) Geology of the Matsushima District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 121p. (in Japanese with English abstract 9p.)