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Terao Formation Oka et al., 1984

• Type locality: Terao, Tama ward, Kawasaki city, Kanagawa prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Pleistocene

• Sedimentary facies: Fluvial
• Sedimentary facies: River terrace, Valley-fill deposit
• Lithofacies: Gravels, Mud, Sands

• Thickness: 5 - 12 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Shimosueyoshi Formation, Musashino Terrace Deposit)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Tsurumi Formation)

• Distribution: Terao, Tama ward, Kawasaki city, Kanagawa pref.; Fujigaoka, Midori ward, Yokohama city, Kanagawa pref.

• 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.)