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Kuruma Tephra

• Type locality: Kariya, Awaji city, Hyogo prefecture
• Tephra
• Pleistocene (2.5 Ma, FT)
• Correlation: Ebs-Fkd

• Lithofacies: Volcanic ash

• Host: Kuruma Member
• Thickness: 60 - 300 cm

• Distribution: Kariya - Ezaki - Asano, Awaji city, Hyogo pref.

• Mizuno et al. (1990) Geology of the Akashi District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 90p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)