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Kiyota Alternation Member Kobiwako Research Group, 1977
- Type locality: Hasama, Hino city, Gamo county, Shiga prefecture
- Coherent formation
- Pleistocene
- Correlation: Sakura Alternation Member
- Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
- Lithofacies: Sands-dominant interbedded sands, silt and clay
- Lithofacies (Minor): Gravels
- Sedimentary structures (Basal): Trough cross-stratification
------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Hasama - Kiyota - Bessho - Terajiri - Lake Taishoike, Hino city, Gamo county, Shiga pref.; Nakahata - Matsuo - Sueda, Koka city, Shiga pref.
- Fossils (Footprints): Elephants, Deers
- Fossils (Plants): Fagus sp., Glyptostrobus pensilis, Metasequoia disticha, Querus (Lepidobalanus) sp., Styrax japonica
- Tephra: Kokahendensho Tephra, Sakuradani Tephra, Mushono Tephra
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- 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.)
- Harayama et al. (1989) Geology of the Gozaishoyama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 145p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)
- 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.)
- Miyamura et al. (1981) Geology of the Kameyama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 128p. (in Japanese with English abstract 9p.)