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Uriuzutoge Alternation Member Amenomori, 1978 ex Yokoyama et al., 1979

Invalid synonym: Uryuzutoge Alternation Member, Uriuzutoge Sands and Gravels Member

• Type locality: Uriuzutoge pass, Higashiomi city - Hino city, Gamo county, Shiga prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Pliocene - Pleistocene
• Transitional: lower Gamodo Gravels Member

• Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
• Lithofacies: Silt, Sands, Gravels
• Lithofacies (Minor): Wood fragments
• Sedimentary structures: Trough cross-stratification, Parallel stratification, Upward fining

• Thickness: 50 - 100 m
• Upper limit: Transitional (Ishido Gravels Member)
• Lower limit: Transitional (Nakazaiji Alternation Member)

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

• Distribution: Uriuzutoge pass, Higashiomi city - Hino city, Gamo county, Shiga pref.; Hyakusaiji town - Daikakuji town, Higashiomi city, Shiga pref.
• Fossils (Footprints): Elephants, Deers
• Tephra: Kitawaki Tephra

• Harayama et al. (1989) Geology of the Gozaishoyama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 145p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)
• Ishida et al. (1984) Geology of the Hikone-Seibu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 121p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)