Byobugaura Clay Bed

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Byobugaura Clay Bed

Coherent formation
Pleistocene

Sedimentary facies: Fluvial
Lithofacies: Clay

Thickness: ca. 10 m

Akashi Formation (Akashi, Hyogo pref.)
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Higashifutami Formation
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Byobugaura Clay Bed
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Fujie Formation / Taniyagi Member
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Hayashizaki Clay Bed
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Osaka Group (Akashi, Hyogo pref.)
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Meimi Formation
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Akashi Formation
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Second Setouchi Supergroup (Osaka pref. - Hyogo pref.)
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Osaka 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: Hayashizaki town - Okubo town, Akashi city, Hyogo pref.
Fossils: Stegodon shodoensis akashiensis (Molar)
Fossils (Plants): Fagus crenata, Juglans cinerea var. megacinerea, Metasequoia disticha, Pariurus nipponicus, Pterocarya stenoptera, Sapium sebiferum var. pleistoceaca
Tephra: Byobugaura

Mizuno et al. (1990) Geology of the Akashi District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 90p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)