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Shimoyama Alternation Member Nakano et al., 2003

• Type locality: Shimoyama, Minakuchi town, Koka city, Shiga prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Pliocene - Pleistocene

• Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
• Lithofacies: Sands, Sandy silt, Gravels
• Lithofacies (Minor): Lignite

• Thickness: some dozen - 150 m
• Upper limit: Conformity (Kiyota Alternation Member, Hie Alternation Member)
• Lower limit: Transitional (Takamatsu Gravels Member)

------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

• Distribution: Shimoyama, Minakuchi town, Koka city, Shiga pref.

• 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.)
• 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.)