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Kokawadera Tephra Mizuno and Yoshikawa, 1991

• Tephra
• Pleistocene (0.47 Ma, FT)
• Correlation: Hatta or Wada

• Lithofacies: Volcanic ash

• Thickness: ca. 40 cm
• Host: Toge Formation

• Distribution: Kokawadera temple, Kokawa town, Kinokawa city, Wakayama pref.

• Makimoto et al. (2004) Geology of the Kokawa District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 89p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)