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Moyasan Rhyolite Ozawa et al., 1984

• Type locality: Motai, Noshiro city, Akita prefecture
• Volcanic rocks
• Lava dome
• Pliocene - Pleistocene
• Intruded in: Onnagawa Formation
• Correlation: Lower Nanakura Tuff Member

• Lithofacies: Plagioclase rhyolite
• Lithofacies (Minor): Dacite

• Distribution: 0.2 - 0.8 km²

• Distribution: Motai - Mount Moya, Noshiro city, Akita pref.; Futatsui town, Noshiro city - Fujisato city, Yamamoto county, Akita pref.

• Murakami et al. (2008) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.114, Supplement, pp.111-120 DOI
• Ozawa et al. (1984) Geology of the Noshiro District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 91p. (in Japanese with English abstract 9p.)