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Higher Terrace Deposits

• Coherent formation
• Pleistocene
• Correlation: Hyakusaiji I Terrace Deposits, Higher II Terrace Deposits (Kuwana), Higher III Terrace Deposits (Kuwana)

• Sedimentary facies: Fluvial
• Sedimentary facies: Strath terrace
• Lithofacies: Gravels
• Lithofacies (Minor): Mud

• Thickness: several - ca. 5 m

• Distribution: Mount Nunobikiyama - Kuromaru parking area, Higashiomi city, Shiga pref.; Yamanoue, Ryuo city, Gamo county, Shiga pref.
• Fossils (Plants): Corylus sp., Picea maximowiczii, Pinus koraiensis, Pinus pentaphylla, Tsuga diversifolia

• 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.)