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Takasato Pyroclastic Flow Deposit

• Tephra
• Miocene (8.9 Ma, FT)
• Correlation: Odosihmazawa Pyroclastic Flow Deposit?

• Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
• Lithofacies: Pyroclastic flow deposit
• Lithofacies: Rhyolitic pumice lapilli tuff
• Lithofacies (Minor): Charcoal

• Host: Fujitoge Formation
• Thickness: 3 m or thinner

• Distribution: Fuji pass, Aizubange city, Kawanuma county - Nishiaizu city, Yama county, Fukushima pref.; Ichinoto river, Kitakata city, Fukushima pref.

• Yamamoto et al. (2006) Geology of the Kitakata District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 63p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)