Yoshinaga Alternation Member

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Yoshinaga Alternation Member Nakano et al., 2003

Type locality: Yasugawa river, Yoshinaga, Konan city, Shiga prefecture
Coherent formation
Pliocene
Correlation: Sajigawa Member

Sedimentary facies: Fluvial
Lithofacies: Sands, Silt, Clay

Thickness: ca. 30 m

Koka Formation (Ritto, Shiga pref.)
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Yoshinaga Alternation 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: Yasugawa river, Yoshinaga, Konan city, Shiga pref.
Fossils (Footprints): Elephants, Deers
Tephra: Kosaji 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.)