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Kimyo Volcanics Kato and Akahane, 1986

• Type locality: 1,000 m elevation - summit of Mount Kimyosan, Matsushiro town, Nagano city, Nagano prefecture
• Volcanic rocks
• Pliocene

• Sedimentary facies (Lower): Pyroclastic flow deposit
• Lithofacies: Hypersthene augite andesite
• Lithofacies (Lower): Tuff breccia

• Thickness: ca. 70 m or thicker
• Source: Mount Kimyosan
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Amakazariyama Volcanics)

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

• Distribution: 800 m elevation - summit of Mount Kimyosan, Matsushiro town, Nagano city, Nagano pref.

• Kato and Akahane (1986) Geology of the Nagano District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 120p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)