Hitsujiyama Loam

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Hitsujiyama Loam

Type locality: Hitsujiyama hills, Chichibu city, Saitama prefecture
Loam
Pleistocene
Correlation: Shimosueyoshi Loam

Lithofacies: Loam

Thickness: ca. 8 - 9 m
Lower limit: Conformity (Middle Terrace Deposit)

Kanto Loam (Saitama pref.)
[ Upper ]
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Osato Loam = Tachikawa Loam
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Younger Loam = Musashino Loam, Tachikawa Loam
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Hitsujiyama Loam = Shimosueyoshi Loam
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Sayama Loam = Tama Loam
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Hitsujiyama hills, Chichibu city, Saitama pref.
Tephra: On-Pm1, Yt-Kw

Hara et al. (2010) Geology of the Mitsumine District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 110p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)
Makimoto and Takeuchi (1992) Geology of the Yorii District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 136p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)