Hirato Loam

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Hirato Loam Fukawa, 1975

Type locality: Shinano town - Hirado town, Totsuka ward, Yokohama city, Kanagawa prefecture
Loam
Pleistocene

Lithofacies: Loam

Thickness: 8 m or thicker
Upper limit: Unconformity (Sannodai Loam)
Lower limit: Conformity (Byobugaura Formation)

Tama Loam (Yokohama, Kanagawa pref.)
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Tsuchihashi Loam
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Maioka Loam
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Nishine Loam
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Sannodai Loam
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Hirato Loam
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[ Lower ]

Kanto Loam
[ Upper ]
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Tachikawa Loam
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Musashino Loam
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Shimosueyoshi Loam
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Tama Loam
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Shinano town - Hirado town - Nase town, Totsuka ward, Yokohama city, Kanagawa pref.

Mitsunashi and Kikuchi (1982) Geology of the Yokohama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 105p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)