The“Quaternary Maps of Japan”Published in 1987, Compared with Other Quaternary Maps of World

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The Japan Association for Quaternary Research published the“Quaternary Maps of Japan”, with an explanatory text, through the University of Tokyo Press, in 1987. This paper presents an outline of the publication together with a discussion of its contents, including the characteristics of Japanese Quaternary phenomena, and a comparison of the maps presented with various other Quaternary maps published by other organizations around the world.