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Shinchi Tephra

• Type locality: Musan shrine, Shinchi, Chita city, Aichi prefecture
• Tephra
• Pleistocene

• Lithofacies: Volcanic ash (2 units)
• Sedimentary structures (Upper): Parallel stratification
• Sedimentary structures (Lower): Parallel stratification

• Host: Tokoname Formation
• Thickness: 40 - 120 cm

• Distribution: Musan shrine, Shinchi, Chita city, Aichi pref.

• Yoshida and Ozaki (1986) Geology of the Handa District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 98p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)