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Nomura Tephra Miyamura et al., 1981

Invalid synonym: Shimonoyuka Tephra

• Type locality: Nomura town, Kameyama city, Mie prefecture
• Tephra
• Pliocene - Pleistocene

• Lithofacies: Volcanic ash
• Sedimentary structures: Parallel stratification

• Thickness: 40 - 150 cm
• Thickness (Upper): 30 - 110 cm
• Thickness (Lower): 10 - 25 cm
• Host: Lower Member, Middle Member

• Distribution: Nomura town - Warabi - Futao town - Shimonosho town - Hirao, Kameyama city, Mie pref.; Isshinden town - Kawage, Tsu city, Mie pref.; Minamihata, Suzuka city, Mie pref.
• Fossils (Plants): Carex sp., Fagus crenata, Hamamelis sp., Liquidambar sp., Phyllites sp., Populus cf. sieboldi, Quercus cf. variabilis, Salix sp., Stewartia sp., Styrax cf. japonica, Ulmus londifolia?

• Yoshida et al. (1995) Geology of the Tsu-Seibu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 136p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)
• Yoshida (1987) Geology of the Tsu-Tobu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 72p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)
• 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.)