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Kusakidan Pyroclastic Flow Deposit Uchimura et al., 2007

• Type locality: Kusakidan, Hiwaki town, Satsumasendai city, Kagoshima prefecture
• Tephra
• Pliocene

• Sedimentary facies: Lacustrine
• Lithofacies: Pyroclastic flow deposit (Hypersthene, Augite)
• Lithofacies: Pumice tuff

• Host: Yuya Mudstone Member
• Thickness: ca. 10 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Shobugadan Pyroclastic Flow Deposit)

• Distribution: Kusakidan, Hiwaki town, Satsumasendai city, Kagoshima pref.

• Uchimura et al. (2007) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.113, no.3, pp.95-112 DOI