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Towada caldera

• Type locality: Aomori prefecture - Akita prefecture
• Caldera volcano
• Volcanic rocks
• late Pleistocene

• Distribution (Diameter): ca. 12 km

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

• Distribution: Mount Towada, Aomori pref. - Akita pref.

• Kudo (2005) Geology of the Towada District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 79p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)
• 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.)