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Minamidani I Tephra Takemura, 1984

• Type locality: Minamidanigawa river, Kono, Tado town, Kuwana city, Mie prefecture
• Tephra
• Pliocene
• Correlation: Arg-2, Chomyoji II

• Lithofacies (Upper): Vitreous volcanic ash
• Lithofacies (Lower): Silty - Clayey volcanic ash

• Host: Kono Formation
• Thickness: ca. 1 - 3 m

• Distribution: Minamidanigawa river, Kono, Tado town, Kuwana city, Mie pref.; Harima, Kuwana city, Mie pref.

• Yoshida et al. (1991) Geology of the Kuwana District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 154p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)