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Kn-3 Tephra

Abbr.: Kn-3

• Tephra
• middle Miocene (15 Ma, FT)

• Lithofacies: Turbidite
• Lithofacies: Tuff
• Sedimentary structures: Graded bedding, Parallel stratification, Cross stratification, Convolute foliation

• Host: Kinone Formation

• Distribution: Kanigawa - Kawadani, Kamogawa city, Chiba pref.

• Danhara et al. (2007) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.113, no.7, pp.384-389 DOI
• Nakajima et al. (1981) Geology of the Kamogawa District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 107p. (in Japanese with English abstract 7p.)