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Aoya Arculate Dyke

• Intrusive rocks
• Arculate dike associated with Nohi Rhyolites
• Cretaceous
• Intruded in: Chert, Basalt, Onishi Formation, Kuzogawa Welded Tuff, Aoya Tuff, Higashimata-Funayama Welded Tuff

• Sedimentary facies: Stock
• Lithofacies: Granite porphyry
• Lithofacies (Minor): Quartz porphyry

• Distribution (Length): ca. 14 km
• Distribution (Width): ca. 10 - 500 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Sencho Lava, Basalt lava)

• Distribution: Mangoku - Hashito - Yanase - Mount Roppozan - Nagakurahondani valley - Senchogahara, Asahi town, Takayama city, Gifu pref.; Iwaidani valley, Nyukawa town, Takayama city, Gifu pref.

• Nakano et al. (1995) Geology of the Norikuradake District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 139p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)
• Yamada et al. (1985) Geology of the Takayama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 111p. (in Japanese with English abstract 9p.)