Shinohara Clays Member

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Shinohara Clays Member Yoshida et al., 2003

Type locality: Sasayama, Oshinohara, Yasu city, Shiga prefecture
Coherent formation
Pliocene - Pleistocene
Correlation: Yamanaka Gravels Member

Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
Lithofacies (Upper): Sands
Lithofacies (Lower): Silty sands, Silt

Thickness: 6 m
Thickness (Upper): 1 - 2 m
Thickness (Lower): 3 - 5 m
Lower limit: Unconformity (Yasu Granite)

Gamo Formation (Kosei, Shiga pref.)
[ Upper ]
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Okaya Gravels Member
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Hie Alternation Member
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Yamanaka Gravels Member / Shinohara Clays Member
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Shimoyama Alternation Member
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[ Lower ]

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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[ Lower ]

Second Setouchi Supergroup (Shiga pref.)
[ Upper ]
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Kobiwako Group
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[ Lower ]

[ Upper ]
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Second Setouchi Supergroup
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First Setouchi Supergroup
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Sasayama, Oshinohara, Yasu city, Shiga pref.
Tephra: Kozutsumi Tephra

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.)