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Sannodai Loam Association for Kanto Quaternary research, 1973

Invalid synonym: Konan Loam

• Type locality: Maeda town, Totsuka ward, Yokohama city, Kanagawa pref.
• Loam
• Pleistocene
• Correlation: Kamozawa Loam (T-E), Zoshiki Loam

• Lithofacies: Loam

• Thickness: ca. 20 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Sannodai Old Dune Sands, Shimosueyoshi Formation, Shimosueyoshi Loam, Totsuka Formation)
• Lower limit: Conformity, partly Interfingered (Kamikurata Formation), Unconformity (Byobugaura Formation, Hirato Loam)

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

• Distribution: Maeda town - Shinano town - Nase town, Totsuka ward, Yokohama city, Kanagawa pref.; Sannodai, Nagata town, Minami ward, Yokohama city, Kanagawa pref.; Serigaya, Shimonagatani town, Konan ward, Yokohama city, Kanagawa pref.
• Tephra: Sa-1, Sa-2, Sa-3, Sa-4, Sa-5, Sa-6, Sa-7, Sa-8, Sa-9, Sa-10, Sa-11, Sa-12, Sa-13

• Oka et al. (1984) Geology of the Tokyo-Seinambu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 148p. (in Japanese with English abstract 7p.)
• 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.)