Locality
140°30´ east longitude, 36°0´ north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Tokyo, Japan

Personal relationship of donor
Exchange of scientific specimens

Historical relevance of location
Sea-level variations have left recent marine sediments along the coasts of Japan.

Geological relevance of location
Marine sand from a time when the sea level was higher than it is today.

Classification of the earth

Structure	sand rich in shells
Colour	greyish green
Age	probably Pleistocene

Donor

Geoscientific Collections Section of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
 Geological Survey of Lower Saxony,
 Hannover,
 Germany