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Tsuzumi Tephra

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

• Lithofacies: Volcanic ash

• Host: Kono Formation, Ichinohara Formation
• Thickness: ca. 2 m

• Distribution: Tsutsumi - Gonyudodani valley - Koharashinmeisha shrine - Kainogawa river, Hokusei town, Inabe city, Mie pref.
• Fossils: Plants

• 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.)