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Kaisho-Kamitakara Tephra

Abbr.: KMT

Invalid synonym: Kamitakara Pyroclastic Flow Deposit, C1

• Tephra
• Pleistocene (0.69 - 0.58 Ma)
• Contemporaneous heterotopic facies: Kamitakara Pyroclastic Flow Deposit
• Correlation: Ks22, Kh1c (Choshi, Chiba)

• Source: Kaishio Source Vent
• Host: Tama I Loam

• Distribution: Kamitakara, Gifu pref.; Boso peninsula, Chiba pref.

• Tamura et al. (2019) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.125, no.1, pp.23-39 DOI
• Ueki and Sakai (2007) Geology of the Ome District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 189p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)