Matsumoto Gravel Bed

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Matsumoto Gravel Bed Yamada et al., 1985

Type locality: Matsumoto town, Takayama city, Gifu prefecture
Coherent formation
Pliocene

Lithofacies: Gravels
Lithofacies (Lower, Minor): Sands, Silt

Thickness: 80 m or thicker
Thickness (Lower): ca. 20 m
Upper limit: Unconformity (Obora Formation, Nyukawa Pyroclastic Flow Deposit, Uwano Mudflow Deposit, Kamitakara Pyroclastic Flow Deposit)
Lower limit: Unconformity (Matsubara Gravel Bed)

Takayama, Gifu pref.
[ Upper ]
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Obora Formation
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Kiriyama Gravel Bed
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Matsumoto Gravel Bed
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Matsubara Gravel Bed
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Matsumoto town, Takayama city, Gifu pref.; Uwanodaira, Uwano town, Takayama city, Gifu pref.

Yamada et al. (1985) Geology of the Takayama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 111p. (in Japanese with English abstract 9p.)