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Hino Clays Member Yokoyama, 1969
- Type locality: Minakuchi, Koka city - Yokigaoka, Hino town, Gamo county, Shiga prefecture
- Coherent formation
- Pliocene - Pleistocene
- Correlation: Sakura Alternation Member
- Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
- Lithofacies (Upper): Clay-dominant interbedded clay and sands
- Lithofacies (Middle): Sands-dominant interbedded clay and sands
- Lithofacies (Lower): Clay-dominant interbedded clay and sands
------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Minakuchi, Koka city, Shiga pref.; Yokigaoka - Nakazaiji - Anbe - Sakuragawa river - Matsuo - Kizu, Hino town, Gamo county, Shiga pref.
- Tephra: Hino I Tephra, Hino II Tephra, Kono I Tephra, Kono II Tephra, Kono III Tephra, Yokigaoka I Tephra, Yokigaoka II Tephra, Murasaki Tephra, Hara Tephra
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