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Geological History and Transition of the Biota of Lake Biwa

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The Lake Biwa area is one of the most active Cenozoic tectonic regions of the Japanese islands. District-wide geological structures and a large depressional basin are recognized in this area. The formation and development of the lake were controlled by fault movements that occurred through the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs of the Cenozoic era.

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