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Kanpu volcano

• Type locality: Mount Kanpu, Oga city, Akita prefecture
• Stratovolcano
• Volcanic rocks
• Pleistocene - Holocene (ca. 20 - 0.0 ka)

• Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
• Lithofacies: Andesite lava (8 flow units)

• Distribution (Diameter): 5 km
• Distribution (Height): 300 m
• Volume: ca. 0.6 km³
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Kitaura Formation, Wakimoto Formaiton, Shibikawa Formation, Katanishi Formation)

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• Distribution: Mount Kanpu, Oga city, Akita pref.

• Kano et al. (2011) Geology of the Toga and Funakawa District., Quadrangle Series, 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 127 p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)
• Shiraishi et al. (2008) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.114, Supplement, pp.33-50 DOI
• Fujimoto et al. (2008) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.114, Supplement, pp.51-74 DOI