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Atsuta Formation
- Coherent formation
- Marine transgression sediments in the last glacial period
- Upper: Pleistocene (110 - 70 ka)
- Lower: Pleistocene (130 - 110 ka)
- Correlation: Hekikai Formation
- Lithofacies (Upper): Sand
- Lithofacies (Lower): Mud (Marine clay)
- Lithofacies (Lower, Minor): Sand, Gravel
- Thickness (Upper): 10 - 25 m
- Thickness (Lower): 10 - 25 m
- Lower limit: bottom of a thick marine clay bed
------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Nohbi plain, Aichi pref.
- Tephra (Upper): Ontake-Tatsuno tephra (On-Tt = Pm-III), Ontake-Daiichi tephra (On-Pm1 = Pm-I, 100 ka), Kikai-Tozuhara tephra (K-Tz)
- Tephra (Lower): BT36, Aso-3 tephra (Aso-3)
- Makinouchi et al. (2013) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.119, no.5, pp.335-349 DOI