Jigokudani Dike

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Jigokudani Dike

Type locality: 2,600 m above sea level, Jigokudani valley, Otaki city, Kiso county, Nagano prefecture
Intrusive rocks
late Pleistocene

Lithofacies: Hypersthene augite hornblende andesite dyke

Marishiten volcano group
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Sannoike Lava
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Shinoike volcano
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Ichinoike volcano
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Mamakodake volcano
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Kusakidani volcano
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Okunoin volcano
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Jigokudani Dike
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Kongodo volcano
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Nigorigo volcano
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Younger Ontake Volcanic Rocks
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Marishiten volcano group
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Takigoshi Formation
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Mamahahadake volcano group
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Ontake volcano
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Younger Ontake Volcanic Rocks
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Older Ontake Volcanic Rocks
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------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

Distribution: 2,600 m above sea level, Jigokudani valley, Otaki city, Kiso county, Nagano pref.

Yamada and Kobayashi (1988) Geology of the Ontakesan District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 136p. (in Japanese with English abstract 9p.)