As the results of the Kobiwako bed observation in the western part of the Lake Biwa, the writer recognized the following formation and clay minerals.
1. The weathering products of the biotite granite are widely distributed and in some places these beds are alternated with the soilificated products of clayslate, sandstone and quartzite.
2. By means of chemical analysis and X-ray studies on the colloidal fraction clay minerals are classified in two groups:
a) Werthering products of biotite granite contain dominantly kaolinite with lesser amounts of montmorillonite.
b) Clayslate and sandstone soils are dominant ?? y hydrated halloysite with minor amount or none of the other clay minerals.
From the results of the clay mineral studies in the Kobiwako bed in Shiga Prefecture, conc ?? uded as follows:
a) Hydrated halloysite and illite are contained in soils of all rocks.
b) The weathering products of rocks included a kaolinite.
c) The more weathering products are converted into s ?? il the more hydrated halloysite increased.
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