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Kaminoma Tephra

• Type locality: Kaminoma, Mihama city, Chita county, Aichi prefecture
• Tephra
• Pleistocene (5.3 Ma, FT)

• Lithofacies: Volcanic ash

• Thickness: ca. 30 - 60 cm
• Host: Tokoname Formation

• Distribution: Kaminoma - Lake Yoshidaike - Tokishi, Mihama city, Chita county, Aichi pref.

• Kondo and Kimura (1987) Geology of the Morozaki District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 93p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)