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List of geological units in Saitama prefecture
A list of stratigraphic units, igneous bodies, and geological structures reported from Saitama prefecture, Kanto region, Honshu island, Japan.
Photographs of geological units in Saitama prefecture
- Paleozoic
- Kazekuchi Formation
- Permian (298.9-252.17 Ma)
- Kinshozan Quartz Diorite
- Jurassic (201.3-145.0 Ma)
- Chichibu Belt
- Nakato Unit
- Nitayama Unit
- Northern Chichibu Belt
- Sumaizuku Unit
- Futagoyama Limestone
- Hakusekisan Limestone
- Hebiki Unit
- Kazahayatoge Unit
- Kamiyoshida Unit
- Onagata Subunit
- Kamiyoshida Subunit
- Manba Subunit
- Kashiwagi Unit
- Tate Subunit
- Hagidaira Subunit
- Sakahara formation
- Shimokuzu conglomerate
- Southern Chichibu Belt
- Nakatsugawa Group
- Ryokamiyama Chert Unit
- Ryokami Unit
- Ogamata Unit
- Mikunitoge Conglomerate Member
- Nogurizawa Unit
- Urayama Group
- Kawanori Unit
- Unazawa Unit
- Gozenyama Unit
- Jurassic-Cretaceous
- Torinosu group
- Torinosu limestone
- Cretaceous (145.0-66.0 Ma)
- Yoshimi metamorphic rocks
- Shimanto Belt
- Otaki Group
- Kawamata Unit
- Futase Unit
- Ogochi Group
- Wanakurasawa Unit
- Ichinosawa Unit
- Kumotoriyama Unit
- Happyakudani Unit
- Koreisan Unit
- Atokura Formation, Tochiya Formation
- Atokura Conglomerate Member
- Sanchu Graben
- Sanyama Formation
- Sebayashi Formation
- Ishido Formation
- Shirai Formation
- Takaoka formation
- Yorii Plutonometamorphic Complex
- Yorii Metamorphic Rocks
- Mure Body
- Kamiyokota Body, Nakakoya Body
- Kinshozan Body
- Orihara Body
- Yamagata Body
- Kanayamagawa Body
- Cretaceous - Paleocene
- Sanbagawa Belt
- Mikabu Unit
- South Unit
- Middle Unit
- Cretaceous-Paleogene
- Kimochi formation
- Paleogene-Neogene
- Ogawa formation
- Ichinokawa formation
- Paleocene (66.0-56.0 Ma)
- Ryoke Belt
- Oppata Granite
- Yorii Formation
- Main Member
- Hachigata Conglomerate Member
- Yorii Welded Tuff
- Oligocene (39.0-23.03 Ma)
- Hikokubo group
- Tomita formation
- Shirasu formation
- Moe formation
- Miocene (23.03-5.33 Ma)
- Imajuku Formation
- Hatoyama Formation
- Shogunzawa Formation
- Okuda Tuff Bed
- Shogunzawa Tuff Bed
- Negishi Formation
- Godo Formation
- Matsuyama Group
- Yagii Formation
- Tsuchishio Formation
- Fukuda Formation
- Ichinokawa Formation
- Aoiwa Conglomerate Member
- Arakawa Formation
- Hatakeyama Ttuff Bed
- Kozono Formation
- Nanasato formation (Nanasato tuff bed)
- Kodama Formation
- Akahira Group
Chichibumachi Formation
- Saginosu formation
- Hiranita formation?
- Nagura formation
- Kamiyokoze formation
- Oganomachi Formation
- Ozasu Tuff Member
- Sakurai formation
- Nenokami Formation
- Tomita Formation
- Kaminozawa Tuff Member
- Shirasu Formation
- Chichibu Tonalite
- Okaburi Formation
- Osawa coal bed
- Suwayama formation
- Ushibuse formation
- Obata formation
- Idozawa formation
- Pliocene (5.33-2.58 Ma)
- Kazusa Group
- Hanno Formation
- Osoki Formation
- Nihondake Formation
- Yaoroshi Tuff
- Pliocene-Pleistocene
- Kazusa Group
- Bushi Formation
- Pleistocene (2.58- 0.01Ma)
- Kazusa Group
- Sayama Formation
- Yatsu Clay Member
- Mitsugi Conglomerate Member
- Shimosa Group
- Joso Formation
- Omiya Formation
- Kioroshi Formation
- Toyooka Formation
- Tokorozawa Formation
- Kumegawa Formation
- Toshitorazu Formation
- Aoyagi Formation
- Karaborigawa Formation
- Kuromegawa Formation
- Nakadai Formation
- Akabane Formation
- Narimasu Formation
- Kanto Loam
- Osato Loam
- Younger Loam
- Hitsujiyama Loam
- Sayama Loam
- Shimosueyoshi Loam
- Tachikawa Loam
- Musashino Loam
- Kaneko Loam
- Obaradai pumice bed (OP, Kuriyokan pumice bed, KuP)
- SIP Tephra
- On-Pm1
- Hk-TP Tephra
- AT Tephra
- SYG Tephra
- Hachioji biotite pumice bed (HBP)
- C1 pumice bed
- Monomiyama formation
- Asamiyama formation
- Tokyo formation
- Tokyo conglomerate formation
- Narimasu formation
- Une formation
- Katazuna formation
- Nukasuna formation
- Orenge pumice bed
- Champagne pumice bed
- Kibami pumice bed
- Hitsujiyama formation
- Uridane pumice bed (Pm-1?)
- Taguro peat bed
- Konan Tephra
- Ogano Terrace Deposit
- Ohami Terrace Deposit
- Akabane Formation
- Nakadai Formation
- Tachikawa Terrace Deposits
- Higher Terrace Deposit, Arakawa river
- Middle I Terrace Deposit, Arakawa river
- Middle II Terrace Deposit, Arakawa river
- Lower I Terrace Deposit, Arakawa river
- Ayasegawa Terrace Deposit
- Middle Terrace Deposit, southern Chichibu
- Lower Terrace Deposit, southern Chichibu
- Lowest Terrace Deposit, southern Chichibu
- Pleistocene-Holocene
- Nanagochi Formation
- Basal Gravel
- Holocene (0.01-0 Ma)
- Yurakucho Formation
- Upper member
- Lower member
- Amagase Formation
- Holocene Basal Gravel
- Lower II Terrace Deposit, Arakawa river
- Age unknown
- Musashino formation
- Shokupan pumice bed
- Hamsand pumice bed
- Atsuage pumice bed
- Inarizushi pumice bed
- Gomokukechappu pumice bed
- Yokozemachi group
- KKT tuff bed
- Yoshii formation
- Haratashino formation
- Niwaya formation
- Yorii quartz porphyry
- Monomiyama green rocks
- Yamanote formation
- Geological structures
- Hakutai tectonic line (Hakutai fault)
- Zogahana-Asahine tectonic line
- Karigome-Kuroyama tectonic line
- Hachioji tectonic line (Hachioji-Takasaki tectonic line)
- Jushi-Kunikami tectonic line (Jushi-Kunikami fault)
- Ayasegawa fault
- Shobu fault
- Kuki fault
- Jushi-Kuroya fault
- Jushi fracture zone
- Hayaotozawa fracture zone
- Nenokami fault
- Sekiheki fault
- Hino fault
- Urayamaguchi fault
- Maehara unconformity
- Inuki unconformity
- Kuritsubo unconformity
- Komagawa syncline
- Ogose klippe
- Otakatoriyama klippe