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Minahara Terrace Deposit (Toya, 1961) Ueki et al., 2013

Synonym: Minaharayotsuji Terrace Deposit, Minaharamochi Terrace Deposit, Minaharatokiwa Terrace Deposit, Minaharashioda Terrace Deposit, Minaharaisobe Terrace Deposit

Invalid synonym: Minahara Gravel, Tsurushima Formation

• Type locality: Minahara, Sagamihara city, Kanagawa prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Terrace deposit
• Pleistocene (23 - 18 ka)
• Correlation: Aoyagi Formation

• Lithofacies: Gravels

• Thickness: 10 m or less
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Sagamiko Group, , Nakatsu Group, Echi Formation, Sagamihara Terrace Deposit, Nakatsuhara Terrace Deposit, Tanahara Terrace Deposit)

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

• Distribution: Minahara - Hinozaka, Tana, Midori ward, Sagamihara city, Kanagawa pref.; Sagamigawa river - Kushikawa river - Nakatsugawa river, Kanagawa pref.

• Ueki et al. (2013) Geology of the Hachioji District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 137p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)
• Oka et al. (1979) Geology of the Fujisawa District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 111p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)