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Nanyo Formation (Matsuzawa and Kato, 1954) Furukawa, 1972

• Type locality: Nanyo town, Minato-ku, Nagoya city, Aichi prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Holocene (ca. 11ka - ?)

• Sedimentary facies (Top): Terrestrial
• Sedimentary facies (Upper): Marine
• Sedimentary facies (Lower): Marine
• Sedimentary facies (Upper): Delta front, Delta plain
• Sedimentary facies (Lower): Prodelta, Tidal flat, Innber bay
• Lithofacies (Top, South, Main): Mud
• Lithofacies (Top, South, Minor): Sand
• Lithofacies (Top, North): Sand
• Lithofacies (Upper): Sand, Interbedded silt and sands
• Lithofacies (Lower): Silt, Clay (Marine clay)
• Lithofacies (Bottom): Finely interbedded sands and mud

• Thickness (Top): 2 - 6 m
• Thickness (Upper): 5 - 10 m
• Thickness (Lower): 5 - 20 m
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Nohbi Formation)

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

• Distribution: Nohbi plain, Aichi pref.
• Distribution: Nanyo town, Minato-ku, Nagoya city, Aichi pref.
• Fossils: Shellfishes
• Tephra: Kikai-Akahoya tephra (K-Ah, 7.3 ka), Utsuryo-Oki tephra (U-Oki, 10.7 ka)

• Makinouchi et al. (2013) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.119,6 no.5, pp.335-349 DOI