Konan Member

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Konan Member Kawabe, 1981

Type locality: Kaminogawa, Konan town, Koka city, Shiga prefecture
Coherent formation
Pliocene

Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
Lithofacies: Clay, Sand-dominant interbedded sands and mud

Thickness: ca. 40 - 60 m
Upper limit: Conformity (Sajigawa Member)
Lower limit: Conformity (Wada Member)

Ayama Formation (Koka, Shiga pref.)
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Konan Member
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Wada 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: Konan town - Kaminogawa - Koka, Koka city, Shiga pref.; Shimokomazuki, Hino city, Gamo county, Shiga pref.
Tephra: Kamimasugi, Ichino, Kitaueno, Okubo I, Okubo II, Sagami I, Sagami II

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.)