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Mfsg Tephra Kurokawa and Higuchi, 2004

Synonym.: Mfsg

• Type locality: Fukidani? bridge, Ushigakubi, Sanjo city, Niigata prefecture
• Tephra
• Pliocene
• Correlation: Arg-2

• Lithofacies (Upper): Fine tuff
• Lithofacies (Lower): Coarse tuff
• Sedimentary structures (Upper): Parallel foliation

• Host: Minagawa Formation
• Thickness (Upper): 11 cm
• Thickness (Lower): 3 cm

• Distribution: Fukidani? bridge, Ushigakubi, Sanjo city, Niigata pref.; Kakuma river - Mount Daikan, Sanjo city, Niigata pref.

• Kudo et al. (2011) Geology of the Kamo District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 162p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)