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Karumai Pyroclastic Flow Deposit Tuzino et al., 2018

• Type locality: Karumai, Karumai city, Kunohe county, Iwate prefecture
• Tephra
• Miocene - Pliocene (5.8 Ma, FT; 5.3 Ma, U-Pb)

• Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
• Lithofacies: Non-welded volcanic ash flow deposit
• Lithofacies: Dacitic - rhyolitic pyroclastic flow deposit

• Thickness: 4 m or thicker

------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

• Distribution: Karumai - Harigasawa - Niida, Karumai city, Kunohe county, Iwate pref.; Toya, Nanbu city, Sannohe county, Aomori pref.
• Fosils: Wood fragments

• Tuzino et al. (2018) Geology of the Ichinohe District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 161p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)