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Kodake Lava (Nanbu and Tanida, 1961) Kudo et al., 2004

• Type locality: Summit of Mount Kodake, Towada city, Aomori prefecture
• Post-caldera volcanoes
• Volcanic rocks
• Pleistocene (ca. 0.25 - 0.1 Ma; 0.21 Ma, K-Ar)

• Sedimentary facies: Lava dome, Lava flow
• Lithofacies: Olivine hypersthene augite andesite
• Lithofacies: Block lava

• Thickness: Several - several tens m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Odake 3rd-stage Lava)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Sennintai Lava and Pyroclastic Rocks, Takadaotake Lava and Pyroclastic Rocks, Iodake Lava)

------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

• Distribution: Mount Kodake, Towada city, Aomori pref.

• Takarada and Muraoka (2004) Geology of the Hakkoda San District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 86p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)