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Tenjinike Tephra Makinouchi, 1980

• Type locality: Yata, Tokoname city, Aichi prefecture
• Tephra
• Pleistocene

• Lithofacies: Vitreous volcanic ash (2 units)
• Sedimentary structures (Upper): Parallel stratification, Graded bedding, Convolute lamination
• Sedimentary structures (Lower): Parallel stratification

• Host: Tokoname Formation
• Thickness: 0.7 - 2 m
• Thickness (Upper): 20 - 50 cm
• Thickness (Lower): ca. 1.5 m

• Distribution: Yata, Tokoname city, Aichi pref.; Yawata, Chita city, Aichi pref.; Agui city, Chita county, 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.)