Shallow Subsurface Geology of the Ohmi Basin

• Published in: Chigaku zasshi Vol. 119; no. 4; pp. 683 - 708
• Main Authors: KOMATSUBARA, Taku, Geo-Database Information Committee, Kansai Geotechnical Consultants Association, TSUKAHARA, Jun, SANO, Masato, FUJIWARA, Shigehiko, KIMURA, Hiroshi, YANO, Haruo, NAKASHIMA, Toshio, MURAHASHI, Yoshiharu, KURODA, Shin'ichiro, YAMAOKA, Takeshi, SHINTANI, Kayo, ITOH, Masayuki, UEHARA, Hisanori, FUJIWARA, Akira
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: Tokyo Geographical Society 01.01.2010
• Subjects: alluvial lowland; inland basin; Ohmi Basin; post-glacial deposits; subsurface geology

This study clarified the stratigraphy and sedimentary facies of the shallow subsurface strata of the Ohmi Basin, an inland lake basin in central Japan. Stratigraphic divisions in the basin are based on regional tephra and widely distributed humic layers. The shallow subsurface strata of the basin ar...