Yokaichi Formation

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Yokaichi Formation Yokoyama, 1969

Type locality: Uryuzutoge pass, Higashiomi city, Shiga prefecture
Coherent formation
Pleistocene
Correlation: upper Gamodo Gravels Member

Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
Lithofacies: Gravels

Thickness: ca. 50 - 100 m

Yokaichi Formation (south Biwako, Shiga pref.
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Seta Gravels 1 Member
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Yokaichi Formation (east Biwako, Shiga pref.)
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Yokaichi Gravels Member
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Kobiwako Group (Yokoyama et al., 1979)
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Takashima Formation
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Katata Formation
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Yokaichi Formation
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Gamo Formation
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Sayama Formation
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Iga-Aburahi Formation = Iga Formation
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Shimagawara Formation
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[ Lower ]

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: Uryuzutoge pass, Higashiomi city, Shiga pref.

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.)