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Ninose Tephra

• Type locality: Ninose, Hokusei town, Inabe city, Mie prefecture
• Tephra
• Pliocene

• Lithofacies: Volcanic ash

• Host: Ichinohara Formation, Kono Formation, Kuragari Formation
• Thickness: 0.5 - 3 m

• Distribution: Ninose - Koharaisshiki, Hokusei town, Inabe city, Mie pref.; Oyamada, 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.)
• 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.)