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Shinden Member

• Coherent formation
• Pliocene - Pleistocene

• Sedimentary facies: Fluvial
• Sedimentary facies (Minor): Lacustrine
• Lithofacies: Sands, Gravels
• Lithofacies (Minor): Clay, Silt
• Sedimentary structures: Graded bedding, Parallel stratification

• Thickness: ca. 150 m

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

• Distribution: Katayama park, Katayama town, Suita city, Osaka pref.; Senrichuo park - Mount Shimakumayama, Toyonaka city, Osaka pref.
• Tephra: Shinden, Yellow, Ss-Pnk
• Key bed (Marine clay): Ma 0, Ma 1, Ma 2

• 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.)