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Marishiten Lava

• Volcanic rocks
• 2 lava domes
• Pleistocene

• Lithofacies: Olivine biotite quartz-bearing augite hypersthen hornblende andesite lava
• Structures (Minor): Platy joint

• Thickness: ca. 120 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Kuraigahara Lava)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Fujimi Lava, Eboshi Lava)

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

• Distribution: Mount Marishitendake, Takayama city, Gifu pref. - Matsumoto city, Nagano pref.

• Nakano et al. (1995) Geology of the Norikuradake District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 139p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)