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Hoshakuji Terrace Deposit (Akutsu, 1957)

• Type locality: Mamiana town, Utsunomiya city, Tochigi prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Pleistocene

• Sedimentary facies (Lower): Fluvial
• Lithofacies (Upper): Loam
• Lithofacies (Lower): Gravels, Sands
• Sedimentary structures (Lower): Parallel stratification

• Thickness (Upper): 14 - 17 m
• Thickness (Lower): ca. 3.5 - 4 m
• Upper limit: Conformity (Hoshakuji Loam)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Sakaibayashi Formation)

• Distribution: Mamiana town, Utsunomiya city, Tochigi pref.; Hoshakuji, Takanezawa city, Shioya county, Tochigi pref.

• Yoshikawa et al. (2010) Geology of the Utsunomiya District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 79p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)