Hino Member

Hino Member Kobayashi and Hirabayashi, 1955

Invalid synonym: Hino Sandstone and Conglomerate Member, Hino Conglomerate and Sandstone Member

Type locality: Hino, Ikeda city, Kitaazumi county, Nagano prefecture
Coherent formation
Pliocene

Lithofacies: Sandstone, Gravelly sandstone
Lithofacies (Minor): Tuff, Tuffaceous sandstone, Siltstone

Thickness: ca. 350 m
Upper limit: Transitional (Oanayama Member)
Lower limit: Conformity (Oshio Pyroclastic Flow Deposit)

Omine Formation
[ Upper ]
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Oanayama Member
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Hino Member
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Oshio Pyroclastic Flow Deposit
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[ Lower ]

Omachi, Nagano pref.
[ Upper ]
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Omine Formation
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Miasa Formation
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Soyama - Miyanoo, Yasaka, Omachi city, Nagano pref.; Hino - Yonin pass - Nakayama hot spring - Hazekubo - Sodoji, Ikeda city, Kiataazumi county, Nagano pref.
Fossils (Shellfishes): Glycymeris yamasakii, Ostrea sp.

Kato et al. (1989) Geology of the Omachi District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 111p. (in Japanese with English abstract 7p.)
Kato and Sato (1983) Geology of the Shinano-Ikeda District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 93p. (in Japanese with English abstract 7p.)