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Suarashi Terrace Deposit (Minakawa, 1968) Ueki et al., 2013

Invalid synonym: Suarashi Formation

• Type locality: Suarashi, Midori ward, Sagamihara city, Kanagawa prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Higher terrace deposit
• middle Pleistocene (MIS 9 - 8)

• Sedimentary facies: Fill top terrace
• Lithofacies: Gravels

• Thickness: 30 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Suarashi Loam, Osawa Terrace Deposit)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Sagamiko Group)

• Distribution: Suarashi - Nakano, Midori ward, Sagamihara city, Kanagawa pref.
• Tephra: SuP-1

• 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.)