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Rokkoku Tephra

• Type locality: Rokkoku, Hokusei town, Inabe city, Mie prefecture
• Tephra
• Pliocene (1.4 Ma)

• Lithofacies: Vitreous volcanic ash
• Sedimentary structures: Graded bedding

• Host: Oizumi Formation
• Thickness: 20 - 90 cm

• Distribution: Rokkoku, Hokusei town, Inabe city, Mie pref.; Higashikoyamatanigawa river - Akechigawa river, Inabe city, Mie pref.; Kareigawa river, 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.)