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Kengamine-east Lavas

Abbr.: KE

• Type locality: 1,780 m above sea level of Mount Kengamine, Sakuho city, Minamisaku county, Nagano prefecture
• Volcanic rocks
• early Pleistocene

• Lithofacies: Orthopyroxene clinopyroxene basaltic andesite
• Lithofacies: Lavas (more than 3 flow units), Pyroclastic rocks

• Source: Mount Kengamine
• Eruptive volume: 0.3 km³
• Thickness (A unit): ca. 10 m
• Upper limit: Kengamine-jobu Lavas, Chiyosato-bokujo Lavas, Arakuragawa Lava

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• Distribution: 1,420 - 1,800 m above sea level, Mount Kengamine, Sakuho city, Minamisaku county, Nagano pref.

• Nishiki and Takahashi (2012) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.118, no.8, pp.499-515 DOI
• Nishiki et al. (2007) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.113, no.5, pp.193-211 DOI