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DMP Tephra Machida and Arai, 1979

Abbr.: DMP

Synonym: Daisen-Matsue Pumice, Matsue Tephra

• Tephra
• Pleistocene (120 - 110 ka)
• Correlation: Agenogi Tephra

• Lithofacies: Pumiceous lapilli

• Source: Daisen volcano
• Host: Higher Terrace Deposits (Yuragawa river), Sashimi Formation, Yumigahama Sandbar
• Thickness: 1.8 m
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Higher II Terrace Deposits, Higher III Terrace Deposits, Middle I Terrace Deposits, Older Fan Deposits, Noro Basalt)

------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

• Distribution: Mikata, Ayabe city, Kyoto pref.

• Kano et al. (2025) Geology of the Yonago District (2nd Ed.), Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 84p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)
• Kano et al. (1998) Geology of the Taisha District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 58p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)
• Kurimoto and Makimoto (1990) Geology of the Fukuchiyama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 97p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)