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Shimoda Tephra

• Type locality: Midorigaoka, Shimoda, Konan city, Shiga prefecture
• Tephra
• Pleistocene (2.4 Ma, FT)

• Lithofacies: Volcanic ash
• Sedimentary structures: Parallel stratification

• Thickness: 65 cm
• Host: Hie Alternation Member

• Distribution: Midorigaoka - Shimoda elementary school, Shimoda, Konan city, Shiga pref.; Nakakita, Ryuo city, Gamo county, Shiga pref.

• Yoshida et al. (2003) Geology of the Omi-Hachiman District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 72p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)