Younger Loam

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Younger Loam

Coherent formation
Pleistocene
Correlation: Musashino Loam, lower Tachikawa Loam

Lithofacies: Gravels

Thickness: 1 - 2 m
Upper limit: Unconformity (Osato Loam)
Upper limit: Top of AT
Lower limit: Conformity (Middle II Terrace Deposit), Unconformity (Middle I Terrace Deposit)

Yorii, Saitama pref.
[ Upper ]
+__+__+__+__+_
Younger Loam
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Middle II Terrace Deposit
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[ Lower ]

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: Yorii city, Osato county, Saitama pref.; Shiroku, Arakawa, Chichibu city, Saitama pref.
Tephra: AT, Hk-TP

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.)