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Lower II Terrace Deposit

Invalid synonym: Lower I Terrace Deposit

• Coherent formation
• Alluvial fan of Yukawa river
• Basement of the city of Aizuwakamatsu city
• end of Last glacial period, Pleistocene - Holocene

• Sedimentary facies: River channel deposit, Alluvial fan deposit
• Lithofacies: Gravels
• Sedimentary structures: Trough cross-stratification, Parallel stratification

• Thickness: ca. 10 m
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Izumi Formation)

• Distribution: Aga river, Minamihara, Aizuwakamatsu city, Fukushima pref.; Sakase river - Miyagawa river - Higashiomata river, Aizumisato city, Onuma county, Fukushima pref.
• Fossils (Corresponding strata, Plants): Abies veitchii, Picea sp., Pinus koraiensis, Tsuga diversifolia

• Yamamoto et al. (2006) Geology of the Kitakata District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 63p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)
• Yamamoto and Yoshioka (1992) Geology of the Wakamatsu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 73p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)