Hijiriyama Basalt

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Hijiriyama Basalt Kato, 1980

Type locality: summit of Mount Hijiri, Nagano city - Omi city, Higashichikuma county, Nagano prefecture
Volcanic rocks
Pliocene

Lithofacies: Hypersthene augite olivine basalt

Hijiriyama Volcanics
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Hijiriyama Basalt
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Hijiriyama Andesite / Tararayama Andesite
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------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

Distribution: summit of Mount Hijiri, Nagano city - Omi city, Higashichikuma county, Nagano pref

Kato (1980) Geology of the Sakaki District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 57p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)