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Pyroclastic Rock 8
- Volcanic rocks
- late Miocene
- Sedimentary facies (Upper): Pyroclastic flow deposits
- Sedimentary facies (Lower): Volcanic ash fall, Pyroclastic surge deposits
- Lithofacies (Upper): Lapilli tuff, Tuff breccia
- Lithofacies (Lower): Tuff
- Sedimentary structures (Lower): Parallel stratification, Wave lamination
------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Okinoshima city, Oki county, Shimane pref.
- Yamauchi et al. (2009) Geology of the Saigo District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 118p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)