Yokigaoka Clays Member

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Yokigaoka Clays Member Kobiwako Research Group, 1977

Type locality: Bessho - Yokigaoka, Hino city, Gamo cunty, Shiga prefecture
Coherent formation
Pliocene - Pleistocene

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

Thickness: ca. 20 - 35 m
Upper limit: Transitional (Toyota Alternation Member)
Lower limit: Conformity (Kiyota Alternation Member)

Gamo Formation (Minakuchi hills, Shiga pref.)
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Toyota Alternation Member
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Yokigaoka Clays Member
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Kiyota Alternation Member
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Hazama Clays 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: Bessho - Yokigaoka - Nakahata, Hino city, Gamo county, Shiga pref.; Hatta - Yama - Kasuga, Minakuchi town, Koka city, Shiga pref.; Shimoda, Konan city, Shiga pref.
Tephra: Hatta Tephra, Aotani Tephra, Namakodani Tephra, Yama Tephra, Shimizudani Tephra, Bessho Tephra, Yokigaoka I Tephra, Yokigaoka II Tephra

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.)
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.)