Sajigawa Member

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Sajigawa Member Kawabe, 1981

Type locality: Sajigawa, Koka city, Shiga prefecture
Coherent formation
Pliocene
Correlation: Yoshinaga Member

Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
Sedimentary facies: Wide and deep lake (Diatoms), Fluvial
Lithofacies: Clay
Lithofacies (Minor): Sands

Thickness: 100 - 120 m
Lower limit: Conformity (Konan Member)

Koka Formation (Kosei, Shiga pref.)
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Takamatsu Gravels Member
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Sajigawa 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: Sajigawa - Koka - Konan town, Koka city, Shiga pref.; Shimokomazuki, Hino city, Gamo county, Shiga pref.
Tephra: Hirataniike, Sunasaka, Hozoin I, Hozoin II, Iwamuro I, Iwamuro II, Zenpukuji I, Zenpukuji II, Kosaji, Kamide I, Kamide II, Kamide III

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.)