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Higashikaino Tephra

• Type locality: Gonyudani valley, Higashikaino, Hokusei town, Inabe city, Mie prefecture
• Tephra
• Pliocene

• Lithofacies: Volcanic ash

• Host: Kono Formation
• Thickness (Upper): ca. 10 cm
• Thickness (Lower): ca. 10 cm

• Distribution: Gonyudani valley, Higashikaino, Hokusei town, Inabe city, Mie pref.

• Takada et al. (1979) Geology of the Tsushima District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 56p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)