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Kiridoshi Member Kawamura, 1975

Invalid synonym: Kiridoshi Sand Member

• Type locality: Kiridoshi, Kaseyama, Kizugawa city, Kyoto prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Pliocene - Pleistocene

• Sedimentary facies: Fluvial, Lacustrine
• Lithofacies: Gravel-bearing sands
• Lithofacies (Minor): Silt, Lignite
• Sedimentary structures: Parallel stratification, Cross stratification

• Thickness: ca. 25 m
• Upper limit: Transitional (Kaseyama Member)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Ryoke Metamorphic Rocks, Granites, Sonoha Conglomerate Member)

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

• Distribution: Kiridoshi, Kaseyama, Kizugawa city, Kyoto pref.; Unami - Kita, Kamo town, Kizugawa city, Kyoto pref.
• Tephra: Unami

• Miyachi et al. (2001) Geology of the Osaka-Tohokubu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 130p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)
• Ozaki et al. (2000) Geology of the Nara District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 162p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)