Sayama Loam

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Sayama Loam Shimizu and Horiguchi, 1994

Loam
middle Pleistocene
Correlation: Tama Loam

Lithofacies: Loam

Thickness: ca. 15 m
Lower limit: Higher 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: Sayama city, Saitama pref.; Otaki-Genki Plaza, Otaki, Chichibu city, Saitama pref.

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.)