Fujimidai Sands and Clays Member

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Fujimidai Sands and Clays Member (Kobiwako Research Group, 1992) Wakita et al., 2013

Invalid synonym: Fujimidai Alternation Member, Fujimidai Member, Akibadai Member

Type locality: Akibadai, Otsu city, Shiga prefecture
Coherent formation
Pleistocene

Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
Lithofacies: Sands, Silt, Clay

Thickness: ca. 50 - 80 m
Upper limit: Conformity (Chausuyama Gravels Member)
Lower limit: Conformity (Kokubu Gravels and Clays Member)

Katata Formation (south Biwako, Shiga pref.)
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Chausuyama Gravels Member
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Fujimidai Sands and Clays Member
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Kokubu Gravels and Clays 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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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 - Sonoyama - Fujimidai- Ryugaoka: Akibadai, Otsu city, Shiga pref.
Fossils (Plants): Trapa sp.
Fossils (Shellfishes): Anodonta calipygos, Cristaria plicata spatiosa, Inversidens hirsei, Inversidens reiniana, Lanceolaria sp.
Tephra: Fujimidai, Sonoyama, Zeze I

Wakita et al. (2013) Geology of the Kyoto-Tonambu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 124p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)
Ishida et al. (1984) Geology of the Hikone-Seibu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 121p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)