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Miyata Formation (Yamakawa, 1910) Fujita, 1950

• Coherent formation
• late Pleistocene (before ca. 80 ka)

• Lithofacies: Sands, Gravels
• Lithofacies (Minor): Silt, Clay

• Thickness: 25 - 190 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Obaradai Sand and Gravel Formation, Musashino Loam)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Hayashi Formation) Abut unconformity (Hatsuse Formation)

------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

• Distribution: Miyata terrace, Miura peninsula, Kanagawa pref.; Okinotani - Nenbutsuzuka, Minamishimoura town, Miura city, Kanagawa pref.
• Fossils: Palaeoloxodon naumanni

• 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.)