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Tsuchiya Loam (Endo and Uesugi, 1972) Uesugi, 1974

• Type locality: Tsuchiya, Hiratsuka city, Kanagawa prefecture
• Loam
• Pleistocene (160,000 yBP, FT)
• Correlation: Tsuchihashi Loam, Manazurumisaki Lava

• Lithofacies: Loam

• Thickness: 5 - 6 m
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Tsurumi Formation, Soda Loam)

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

• Distribution: Tsuchiya, Hiratsuka city, Kanagawa pref.
• Tephra: UP, Tu-23, Arare, Hyomon

• 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.)
• Oka et al. (1979) Geology of the Fujisawa District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 111p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)