Asagarano Sands Member

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Asagarano Sands Member Kobiwako Research Group, 1981

Type locality: Asagarano, Arahari, Ritto city, Shiga prefecture
Coherent formation
Pleistocene

Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
Sedimentary facies: Fluvial
Lithofacies: Sands, Gravels
Lithofacies (Minor): Sandy silt, Silt, Clay
Sedimentary structures: Trough cross-stratification, Parallel stratification, Upward fining

Thickness: ca. 10 - 30 m or thicker
Upper limit: Transitional (Seta Gravels Member)
Lower limit: Transitional (Nango Gravels and Clays Member)

Kusatsu Formation (Ritto, Shiga pref.)
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Sakuragaoka Sands and Clays Member
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Seta Gravels Member
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Asagarano Sands Member
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Kobiwako Group (Omi basin, Iga basin)
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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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Second Setouchi Supergroup (Shiga pref.)
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Kobiwako Group
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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: Asagarano - Minogo - Tsujikoshi, Ritto city, Shiga pref.; Ishibe - Gokenjaya, Konan city, Shiga pref.; Okamoto town, Kusatsu city, Shiga pref.; Kamitanakami - Matsugaoka - Shibahara - Inazu - Domachi - Ishizue, Otsu city, Shiga pref.
Tephra: Asagarano, Minogo

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Nakano et al. (2003) Geology of the Minakuchi District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 83p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)
Yoshida et al. (2003) Geology of the Omi-Hachiman District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 72p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)
Kimura et al. (1998) Geology of the Kyoto-Tohokubu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 89p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)