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Zasshoku Pumice and Lapilli Niigata Volcanic Ash Group, 1983

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

• Lithofacies (Upper): Scoria, Lapilli
• Lithofacies (Middle): Interbedded silt and sands
• Lithofacies (Lower): Sands
• Lithofacies (Lower, Minor): Scoria, Lapilli
• Sedimentary structures (Lower): Cross stratification

• Host: Uonuma Formation

• 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.)