Wani Sands Member

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Wani Sands Member Yokoyama, 1969

Type locality: Kisengawa river, Otsu city, Shiga prefecture
Coherent formation
Pleistocene

Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
Lithofacies: Sands
Lithofacies (Minor): Clay

Katata Formation (south Biwako, Shiga pref.)
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Zeze Alternation Member
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Seta Gravels 2 Member
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Jinryo Sands Member
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Katata Formation (west Biwako, Shiga pref.)
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Ryuge Sands and Gravels Member / Yamashita Alternation Member
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Minamisho Clays Member
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Wani Sands 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: Kisengawa river, Otsu city, Shiga pref.
Tephra: Ss-Pnk

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.)