Kakumagawa Lava

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Kakumagawa Lava Takahashi and Nishiki, 2006

Type locality: Kakuma river, Saku city, Nagano prefecture
Volcanic rocks
early Pleistocene (1.09 Ma, K-Ar)

Lithofacies: Basaltic andesite
Lithofacies: Lavas (more than 3 flow units), Pyroclastic rocks

Source: Tokin-no-iwa rock - Okawara pass
Eruptive volume: 0.4 km³
Thickness (A unit): 5 - 15 m
Intercalated in Mochizuki Volcaniclastics.

Mochizuki Volcaniclastics
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Kakumagawa Lava
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Kasuga Volcanic Rocks
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Okawaratoge Pyroclastics
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Karasawa Lavas
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Nagato Lavas
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Manitazawa Lava
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Mochizuki Volcaniclastics
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Tatamiishi Lava
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Tokin-no-iwa volcanic body
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Kasuga 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: 1,590 - 1,670 m above sea level, Kakuma river, Saku city, Nagano pref.

Nishiki and Takahashi (2012) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.118, no.8, pp.499-515 DOI