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Ohta Tephra
Synonym: Znp-Ohta Tephra
- Type locality: Chogenji, Takayokosuka town, Tokai city, Aichi prefecture
- Tephra
- Pliocene (3.97 Ma, FT; 3.94 Ma, U-Pb; 5.2, 4.2, 3.3 Ma, FT)
- Correlation: Nakatsugawa I, Nakatsugawa II, Togo, Ueno, Akogi, Otani Tephra
- Lithofacies: Pyroclastic flow deposit
- Lithofacies (Minor): Flood flow deposit
- Lithofacies: Pumice-bearing volcanic ash
- Lithofacies (Minor): Charcoal
- Source: Chubu Sangaku area
- Thickness: 450 cm
- Distribution: Chogenji temple, Takayokosuka town, Tokai city, Aichi pref.
- Fossils: Plant fragments
- Ueki et al. (2019) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.125, no.3, pp.227-236 DOI
- Sakamoto et al. (1986) Geology of the Nagoya-Nambu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 55p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)