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Maedaiten volcano

• Volcanic rocks
• middle Pleistocene (0.27 Ma, K-Ar)

• Lithofacies: Quartz-bearing orthopyroxene clinopyroxene olivine basalt, Basaltic andesite
• Lithofacies: Agglutinates, Lava

• Thickness (Agglutinates): 3 m or thicker
• Thickness (Lava): 5 m or thicker
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Issaikyoyama volcano)

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

• Distribution: Mount Maedaiten, Inawashiro city, Yama county, Fukushima pref.

• Furukawa et al. (2018) Geology of the Azuma Yama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 74p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)