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Shirakomaike-toho Lavas

• Volcanic rocks
• Pleistocene

• Lithofacies: Hypersthene augite andesite lava (6 - 7 flow units)
• Lithofacies (Minor): Pyroclastic rocks

• Thickness (A unit): 6 - 7 m
• Distribution (Width): ca. 150 - 800 m
• Running distance: 7 km or more
• Lower limit: Arakuragawa Lava, Inagodake Lavas, Inagodake Pyroclastic Flow Deposit

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• Distribution: Shirakomaike-toho peak, Chino city, Nagano pref.; Goko, Komi city, Minamisaku county, Nagano pref.

• Nishiki et al. (2007) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.113, no.5, pp.193-211 DOI
• Kawachi (1974) Geology of the Tateshinayama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 114p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)