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Makidaira Pyroclastic Flow Deposit

• Type locality: Tsuzumigawa river, Makidaira town, Yamanashi city, Yamanashi prefecture
• Volcanic rocks
• early Pliocene (before ca. 0.7 Ma)

• Lithofacies: Pyroclastic flow deposit (A flow unit)

• Source: upper reaches of Urushigawa river, Makidaira town, Yamanashi city, Yamanashi pref.
• Running distance: ca. 10 km
• Distribution (Volcanic vent dike, Width): 2 - 3 m
• Distribution (Volcanic vent dike, Length): 10 m
• Thickness: ca. 5 m
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Kubodaira Mudflow Deposit)

• Distribution: Tsuzumigawa river - Fuefukigawa river, Makidaira town, Yamanashi city, Yamanashi pref.

• Mimura et al. (1984) Geology of the Mitake-Shosenkyo District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 61p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)