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MS Tephra

Abbr.: MS

• Type locality: Nukutani, Chikura city, Minamiboso city, Chiba prefecture
• Tephra
• Pliocene - Pleistocene
• Correlation: Ny-4

• Lithofacies: Pumice, Scoria

• Host: Hata Formation, Kamo Formation

• Distribution: Nukutai, Chikura city, Minamiboso city, Chiba pref.; Koshijihara, Tateyama city, Chiba pref.

• Kawakami and Shishikura (2006) Geology of the Tateyama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 82p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)