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Tarumi Tephra Yoshida, 1987

• Type locality: Tounji temple, Tarumi, Tsu city, Mie prefecture
• Tephra
• Pliocene (3.33 Ma, FT)

• Lithofacies: Volcanic ash
• Sedimentary structures (Lower): Parallel stratification

• Thickness: 25 - 45 cm
• Thickness (Higher): 10 - 35 cm
• Thickness (Lower): 10 - 20 cm
• Host: Kameyama Formation

• Distribution: Tounji temple - Takatsuka hills - Hase hills, Tsu city, Mie pref.; Meiai - Shozu, Anno town, Tsu city, Mie pref.

• 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.)