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Volume 88, Issue 3
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Brief Note on StratigraphyHideho SAWATA1979 Volume 88 Issue 3 Pages 133-143
Published: June 25, 1979
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JOURNAL FREE ACCESSSummarized introduction of stratigraphy/historical geology of Thailand edited with the material available for the editor upto October 1978 is given.
The Precambrian unit radiodated is unknown yet. From Cambrian to Permian, many units were confirmed by paleontological data to which many Japanese geologists have contributed. Non-marine sediments of late Triassic-Cretaceous (even Tertiary ?) time are widely distributed in the north-eastern part of the country where enormous amount of rock salt with some potassium deposits is known to exist. The Tertiary formation is known in small basins on land and in many north-southerly elongated grabenlike basins in the Gulf of Siam where the natural gas of commercial value has been found. The Quaternary sediments are known along the rivers and sea coasts, the largest distribution being along the lower part of the river Mae Nam Cham Chao Phraya.
Generally speaking the basic and systematic honest study of stratigraphy is still much needed to be done which may need honest and hard-working geologists who should love geology and be decided to contribute to the real happiness of the people of their own country and of the world to live in harmony with the nature.View full abstractDownload PDF (1951K) -
Tatsuro MATSUMOTO1979 Volume 88 Issue 3 Pages 144-154
Published: June 25, 1979
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JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThe relationship of transgression-regression with eustasy is examined in this paper on examples of the stable areas in the Cretaceous period. The factual data can be summarized in a diagram (Fig. 1). The scale of major transgression seems to have been enlarged from the Neocomian, through the Aptian-Albian, to the Late Cretaceous ones and the post-Cretaceous (i.e. Palaeocene) regression was of a global scale.
Minor cycles of transgression-regression were not necessarily synchronous between separated areas. Some of them were, however, synchronous or nearly so especially between the areas facing the same oceanic basin.
Eustasy alone was not the cause of the phenomena of transgressions and regressions. Certain kinds of tectonic movements which affected even the stable areas were also responsible for the phenomena. The combined effects of both causes may have been remarkable in the Cretaceous examples.
It is tentatively suggested that the sea-level gradually uprised during the Cretaceous period by the combined effects of active upheaval of oceanic rises, volcanic effusion, appearance and development of orogenic mountains from geosynclinal belts, increasing sedimentary deposition due to intense erosion of uprising mountains, etc. In short, global activity may have been responsible for the Cretaceous major transgressions. The pause of this activity, followed by isostatic adjustment in certain parts of continents and that of oceanic areas may have been the cause for the Palaeocene global regression.View full abstractDownload PDF (2046K) -
Eiichiro TORII1979 Volume 88 Issue 3 Pages 155-171
Published: June 25, 1979
Released on J-STAGE: November 12, 2009
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSConsidering that hydrogeology essentially comes under Quaternary research, the author emphasizes that aquifers should be arranged in time scale series by means of compiling geomorphic history of the concerned area, taking a serious view of the relations between geomorphic surfaces and geologies (aquifers).
Based on this principle, the author compiled the hydrogeology of the Kushiro Plain.
I. Summaries of the Hydrogeology of the Kushiro Plain
1) The Kushiro Plain is a down-warped depositional basin which consists of the Kushiro formation (diluvium) and alluvial deposits.
2) The Kushiro formation (composed of gravel, sand, mud and volcanic ash) is divided into 7 minor members, and the center of deposition in the plain was located in and around Lake Toro in the early Pleistocene Epoch.
3) In the alluvial age, however, the center of deposition in the plain has been located in the area 45 km from the present coast line.
4) The author found 2 marine terraces and 3 river terraces around the plain, and also found 3 buried terraces lying at a depth of 2070 meters and a buried valley with a maximum depth of 80 meters under the plain.
5) The deep artesian groundwater in the plain originates from the aquifers of the Kushiro formation and the buried terrace gravels.
6) Alluvial deposits consist of sand facies (coastal sand dunes and buried coastal sand dunes) and mud facies (most of the post-gracial deposits). The former has nice aquifers and the latter has only poor aquifers.
7) The deep artesian groundwater in the plain derives from the terrace area northwest of the plain. The flow of the ground water is almost at a standstill under the central part of the plain.
II. Special Features of the Hydrogeology of the Kushiro Plain
1) Particle Size Distribution
The author fully investigated considerable boring data located at the Kushiro Plain. He found that considerable sand facies and very little mud facies compared with standard alluvial plains of Japan are existing in the Kushiro Plain.
2) Thickness of Unit Stratum
The author found that the maximum thickness of the unit stratum of the whole facies does not exceed the limit of 20 m he found that the thickness of most of the unit stratum is below 6 m. He also found that the average thickness of the unit stratum does not have any relation to the particle size of each stratum.
3) Number of Strata
The ratio of the number of gravel-strata, sand-strata and mud-strata resembles the ratio of the particle size of each stratum.
4) Regional Difference of Specific Capacity
The author studied the regional difference of Specific Capacity using various boring data throughout the investigated area and he compiled “Specific Capacity Distribution Map” of the Kushiro Plain.View full abstractDownload PDF (2777K) -
Development of Geological and Mineralogical Study in Japan since Taisho Period (from to the present)A Discussion Meeting around the President of Society[in Japanese]1979 Volume 88 Issue 3 Pages 172-182
Published: June 25, 1979
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[in Japanese]1979 Volume 88 Issue 3 Pages 183-190
Published: June 25, 1979
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[in Japanese]1979 Volume 88 Issue 3 Pages 191
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M. Shiki1979 Volume 88 Issue 3 Pages Plate1-Plate2
Published: June 25, 1979
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