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Middle II Marine Terrace Deposits

• Coherent formation
• late Pleistocene (MIS 5c)

• Lithofacies: Sands
• Lithofacies (Minor): Gravels, Mud

• Thickness: ca. 4 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Older Sand Dune Deposit)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Kunimi Formation)

• Distribution: Mizukiri town - Sunagozaka town - Kawajiri town - Ayukawa town - Konyu town - Omi Town - Gumizaki town - Shobutani town - Mera town - Shirahama town - Namiyose town, Fukui city, Fukui pref.
• Tephra: SK, DKP

• Kano et al. (2007) Geology of the Fukui District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 68p.