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Tokaishoku vitreous volcanic ash zone Niigata Volcanic Ash Group, 1983

Synonyms: Pink zone

• Type locality: Tagawa river, Tokamachi city, Niigata prefecture
• Tephra
• Pleistocene

• Lithofacies: Volcanic ash

• Host: Uonuma Formation
• Thickness: A dozen m

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

• Distribution: Tagawa river, Tokamachi city, Niigata pref.

• Yanagisawa et al. (1985) Geology of the Tokamachi District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 104p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)