Hojiro Member

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Hojiro Member

Type locality: Takayama - Hojiro, Iga city, Mie prefecture
Coherent formation
Pliocene

Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
Lithofacies: Interbedded sands, silt and clay
Sedimentary structures: Cross stratification

Thickness: ca. 50 - 70 m
Upper limit: Conformity (Nakamura Member)
Lower limit: Unconformity (Ryoke Metamorphic Rocks, Younger Ryoke Granitoids)

Ueno Formation (Oyamada, Mie pref.)
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Nakamura Member
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Hojiro Member
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Kobiwako Group
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Takashima Formation
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Katata Formation
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Kusatsu Formation
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Gamo Formation
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Koka Formation
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Ayama Formation
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Iga Formation
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Ueno Formation
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[ Lower ]

Second Setouchi Supergroup (Shiga pref.)
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Kobiwako Group
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Takayama - Hojiro - Oyamada, Iga city, Mie pref.
Fossils: Plant roots
Tephra: Takayama

Kawabe et al. (1996) Geology of the Ueno District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 99p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)