Sakuragaoka Sands and Clays Member

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Sakuragaoka Sands and Clays Member Wakita et al., 2013

Type locality: Sakuragaoka, Kusatsu city, Shiga prefecture
Coherent formation
Pleistocene

Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
Sedimentary facies: Fluvial
Lithofacies: Sands, Silt, Clay
Lithofacies (Upper, Minor): Gravels

Thickness: ca. 30 m
Lower limit: Interfingered (Seta Gravels Member)

Kusatsu Formation (Ritto, Shiga pref.)
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Sakuragaoka Sands and Clays Member
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Seta Gravels Member
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Asagarano Sands Member
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Kobiwako Group (Omi basin, Iga basin)
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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: Sakuragaoka - Okamoto town - Oiwake town, Kusatsu city, Shiga pref.; Oe, Otsu city, Shiga pref.
Fossils (Insects): subfamily Donaciinae
Fossils (Plants): Stylax japonica

Wakita et al. (2013) Geology of the Kyoto-Tonambu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 124p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)