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Mushono Tephra Takaya, 1963

• Type locality: Mushono, Minakuchi town, Koka city, Shiga prefecture
• Tephra
• Pliocene - Pleistocene
• Correlation: Pumice Tephra

• Lithofacies: Vitreous volcanic ash
• Sedimentary structures (Middle): Convolute lamination

• Thickness: 200 - 400 cm
• Host: Nunobikiyama Alternation Member, Kiyota Alternation Member

• Distribution: Mushono - Kojogaoka - Matsuo - Kasuga, Minakuchi town, Koka city, Shiga pref.; Hazama - Sueda, Hino city, Gamo county, Shiga pref.

• Nakano et al. (2003) Geology of the Minakuchi District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 83p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)
• 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.)
• Miyamura et al. (1976) Geology of the Hikonetobu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 49p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)