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Kitahata Tuff Ozaki and Matsuura, 1988

• Type locality: Kitahata, Ogo town, Kobe city, Hyogo prefecture
• Tephra
• Eocene - Oligocene (35.9 Ma, FT; 36.9 Ma, K-Ar)

• Lithofacies: Tuff

• Thickness: several - a few dozen m
• Host: Kichiyasu Sandstone, Mudstone and Conglomerate Member

• Distribution: Kitahata, Ogo town, Kobe city, Hyogo pref.; Okuatani - Okuhata - Yudani - Tatani - Furuichi, Yokawa town, Miki city, Hyogo pref.; Okamoto - Yabu, Kato city, Hyogo pref.; Ikeda town, Ono city, Hyogo pref.

• Ozaki and Matsuura (1988) Geology of the Sanda District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 93p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)