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Akogi Tephra Mori, 1971

Invalid synonym: Aodani Tuff

• Type locality: Akogi, Tsu city, Mie prefecture
• Tephra
• Pliocene
• Correlation: Ohta Tephra

• Lithofacies: Sandy volcanic ash

• Host: Kusuhara Formation
• Thickness: 0.7 - 15 m

• Distribution: Akogi - Handa, Tsu city, Mie pref.; Shirakiisshiki - Hagiwara - Ege - Kamishiraki - Warabi, Kameyama city, Mie pref.

• Miyamura et al. (1981) Geology of the Kameyama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 128p. (in Japanese with English abstract 9p.)