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Shinomiya Formation Kato and Akahane, 1986

• Type locality: Shinomiya, Shinonoi, Nagano city, Nagano prefecture
• Coherent formation
• middle Pleistocene

• Sedimentary facies: Lacustrine
• Lithofacies: Silt, Sands
• Lithofacies (Minor): Gravels
• Sedimentary structures: Cross stratification, Parallel stratificatgion

• Thickness: 30 - 40 m
• Lower limit: Abut unconformity (Susobana Formation)

• Distribution: Shinomiya - Lake Kawagoetameike - Hasedera temple, Shinonoi, Nagano city, Nagano pref.

• Kato and Akahane (1986) Geology of the Nagano District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 120p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)