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OZ Tephra

Abbr.: OZ

• Type locality: Kanamari, Tateyama city, Chiba prefecture
• Tephra
• Pliocene - Pleistocene

• Lithofacies (Upper): Pumice
• Lithofacies (Upper, Minor): Scoria
• Lithofacies (Lower): Vitreous volcanic ash
• Lithofacies (Lower, Minor): Pumice

• Host: Kamo Formation
• Thickness (Upper): 32 cm
• Thickness (Lower): 12 cm

• Distribution: Kanamari, 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.)