Sorinotaki Lava

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Sorinotaki Lava

Volcanic rocks
Pleistocene - Holocene

Lithofacies: Andesite lava
Lithofacies (Lower, Minor): Interbedded andesitic volcaniclastic rocks and lava

Lower limit: Unconformity (Kumazawagawa Formation)

Yakeyama volcano
[ Upper ]
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Onigajo Lava
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Tsugamori Central Cone Lava
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Kuroishimori Lava
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Fukenoyu Lava
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Shibukurozawa Lava
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Sorinotaki Lava
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Sumikawa Lava
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: northern side of Mount Akita-Yakeyama, Kazuno city - 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.)