Shiritaka Lava

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Shiritaka Lava

Type locality: Mount Kayo, Tazawako, Senboku city, Akita prefecture
Volcanic rocks
Post-caldera volcanic products
Pleistocene

Lithofacies: Hypersthene augite-bearing andesite lava

Source: The small peak between the summit of Mount Kayodake and Mount Bunamori

Post-caldera lava
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Kayo Lava
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Hitsumori Lava
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Shiritaka Lava
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Kayodake volcano
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Post-caldera lava
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Parasitic cone
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Pre-caldera stratovolcano
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------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

Distribution: Mount Kayo, Tazawako, Senboku city, Akita pref.

Kawano and Uemura (1964) Hachimantai, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 36p. (in Japanese with English abstract 8p.)
Ozawa and Sumi (1958) Tazawako, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 23p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)