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Shimanohoshi Formation

• Coherent formation
• Pliocene - middle Pleistocene

• Sedimentary facies: Marine, Brackish
• Lithofacies: Sands, Gravels

• Upper limit: Unconformity (Murogamiyama Formation)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Tsunozu Formation)

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

• Distribution: Shimane pref.

• Kano et al. (2001) Geology of the Yunotsu and Gotsu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 129p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)
• Kano et al. (1998) Geology of the Iwami-Oda and Oura District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 118p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)