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Miyagahama Welded Tuff

• Volcanic rocks
• Cretaceous

• Sedimentary facies: Pyroclastic flow deposit
• Lithofacies: Rhyolite welded tuff

• Thickness: ca. 200 m
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Anrakuji Member, Wada Welded Tuff, Azuchi Wedled Tuff)

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

• Distribution: Mount Kinugasayama - Mount Wadayama - Anrakuji - Inoko, Higashiomi city, Shiga pref.

• 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.)