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Misaki Sand and Gravel Deposits Machida, 1970

• Type locality: Miura city, Kanagawa prefecture
• Coherent formation
• late Pleistocene (before 49 ka)
• Correlation: Hatsushima II Terrace Deposit, Omaezaki Terrace Deposits

• Sedimentary facies: Coastal terrace deposit
• Sedimentary facies: Wave-cut platform deposit
• Lithofacies (Upper): Silt, Sandy silt
• Lithofacies: Sands, Gravels
• Lithofacies (MInor): Scoria, Pumice

• Thickness: 0.5 - 1.5 m
• Upper limit: Conformity (Musashino Loam)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Miura Group)

• Distribution: Miura city, Kanagawa pref.

• Eto et al. (1998) Geology of the Yokosuka District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 128p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)
• Kodama et al. (1980) Geology of the Misaki District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 38p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)