Byobuiwa Lavas

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Byobuiwa Lavas

Type locality: Nagano prefecture
Volcanic rocks
early Pleistocene (0.88 Ma, K-Ar)

Lithofacies: Hypersthene augite andesite
Lithofacies: Lavas (4 flow units), Pyroclastic rocks

Source: Mount Futago
Eruptive volume: 1.8 km³
Thickness (Overall): 20 - 180 m
Thickness (A unit): 20 - 35 m
Upper limit: Unconformity (Hosokojigawa Lava)

Fukinotaira Volcanic Rocks
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Hosokojigawa Lava
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Byobuiwa Lavas
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Byobuiwa volcanic body
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Fukinotaira Volcanic Rocks
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Yabashira volcanoes
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Kengamine volcanic body
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Byobuiwa volcanic body
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Yabashirayama volcanic body
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Ryugamine volcanic body
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Tokin-no-iwa volcanic body
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------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

Distribution: 1,200 - 2,050 m above sea level, east slope of Mount Futago, Saku city, Nagano pref.

Nishiki and Takahashi (2012) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.118, no.8, pp.499-515 DOI
Kawachi (1974) Geology of the Tateshinayama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 114p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)