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Akabane Formation (Sugihara et al., 1972) Ueki and Sakai, 2007

Invalid synonym: Akabane Terrace Deposit

• Type locality: Kokubunji cliff, Chofu city - Mitaka city, Tokyo
• Coherent formation
• late Pleistocene (83 - 67 ka)
• Correlation: Musashino Terrace Deposit

• Sedimentary facies: Fluvial
• Climate: Cold (Pollen)
• Lithofacies: Gravels

• Thickness: 2 - 15 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Musashino Loam, Kuromegawa Formation, Karaborigawa Formation)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Tokyo Formation, Chichibu Belt)

• Distribution: Kokubunji cliff, Chofu city - Mitaka city, Tokyo; Meguro river, Sakuragaoka, Higashiyamato city - Higashikurume city - Nishitokyo city, Tokyo; Tamagawa river, Ota ward, Tokyo; Nagaoka - Hakonegasaki - Kuriharashinden - Komagatafujiyama, Mizuho city, Nishitama county, Tokyo; Toshitorazu river, Miyadera, Iruma city - Kawagoe city, Saitama pref.; Kasumigawa river, Imadera - Imai, Ome city, Tokyo; Nariki river, Nariki - Tomioka, Ome city, Tokyo; Kawaguchi river, Kawaguchi - Inume, Hachioji city, Tokyo; Mizuko - Fujikubo, Fujimi city, Saitama pref.; Taki, Kamifukuoka, Fujimino city, Saitama pref.; Fukasaku, Saitama city, Saitama pref.

• Ueki and Sakai (2007) Geology of the Ome District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 189p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)
• Nakazawa and Endo (2002) Geology of the Omiya District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 41p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)