Nishine Loam

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Nishine Loam (Association for Kanto Quaternary research, 1973) Machida et al., 1974

Type locality: Nishine, Maioka town, Totsuka ward, Yokohama city, Kanagawa prefecture
Loam
Pleistocene

Lithofacies: Loam

Thickness: ca. 7 m
Upper limit: Unconformity (Maioka Loam)
Lower limit: Conformity (Nishine Formation)

Tama Loam (Yokohama, Kanagawa pref.)
[ Upper ]
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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: Nishine, Maioka town, Totsuka ward, Yokohama city, Kanagawa pref.
Tephra: Ns-1, Ns-2, Ns-3, Ns-4, Ns-5, Ns-6

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.)