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Tando Tuff Breccia
- Type locality: Tando, Misasa city, Tohaku county, Tottori prefecture
- Volcanic rocks
- Pliocene
- Lithofacies (Upper): Andesite lapilli tuff
- Lithofacies (Upper, Minor): Tuff breccia, Tuff, Mudstone, Sandstone, Conglomerate
- Lithofacies (Middle): Takashimizu Basalts
- Lithofacies (Lower): Andesite tuff breccia
- Lithofacies (Lower, Minor): Andesite lapilli tuff, Tuff, Sandstone
- Thickness: 130 - 220 m
- Thickness (Upper): ca. 20 m
- Thickness (Middle): ca. 20 m
- Thickness (Lower): 0 - 140 m or thicker
- Lower limit: Interfingered (Takashimizu Basalts), Unconformity (Granite)
------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Tando - Namariyama, Misasa city, Tohaku county, Tottori pref.
- Murayama and Ozawa (1961) Aoya & Kurayoshi, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 71p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)