REVISION OF THE PLEISTOCENE STRATIGRAPHY IN KYUSHU FOR INTERPROVINCIAL CORRELATION

For the basis of interprovincial correlation the Pleistocene formations and volcanics in Kyushu were re-examined stratigraphically and the revised results are presented here. The following five areas were chosen for the stratigraphic revision; they are the Oita district, Nalcatsu district, southern half of Nagasaki Prefecture, marginal area of northern Kagoshima Bay, and the Miyazaki district. The Pleistocene formations and volcanic rocks are extensively developed in the above-mentioned areas and those in the respective areas serve as the standard section for a part of the Pleistocene stratigraphy. Consequently the systematic study on the geology in these areas gives a general outline of the stratigraphic correlation of the Pleistocene units in Kyushu. — Author.