In December 1957, the Kanto Loam Research Group (about 60 members) carried out a survey of the western region of Tokyo Bay. The object of this survey was to secure, from the view-point of stratigraphy of the volcanic ash formations of Kanto Loam, the Pleistocene geology of this region, which had been considered as a standard region of the lower Pleistocene series in Japan. This region is composed mainly of three topographical surfaces of Tama hills (70-150 m), Shimosueyoshi upland (30-50 m) and alluvial plain. As a result of this survey, the Quaternary series and their relationship with the topographical surfaces were clearly accounted for as follows: [table] In this paper, the Pleistocene series, especially from Shimosueyoshi Loam to Oshinuma Formation, are described in detail, of which some results are summarized as set forth below. Oshinuma Formation (Byobugaura F. in the southern part of this region), Shimosueyoshi F. and the alluvial deposits were deposited in shallow sea or estuary caused by rapid transgression. The base of each formation shows sunken valley topography as well as abrasion platform. The volcanic ash formations of Tama and Shimosueyoshi Loam covering conformably the marine formations of Oshinuma and Shimosueyoshi F. respectively, but the upper parts of the former layers being both eolian volcanic ashes, it is considered that Tama and Shimosueyoshi Loam both had deposited during from a transgression stage to the next regression stage. The Pleistocene series of this region are almost horizontal; they also clearly show cycles of transgression and regression as in fig.18. Consequently, this region is considered to be a convenient region to compare the Pleistocene series with the Pleistocene's of other countries from the view-point of glacial eustasy of sea-level.
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