Younger stage

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Younger stage

Type locality: Nagano prefecture
Volcanic rocks
middle Pleistocene (0.2 Ma or later)

Lithofacies: Hornblende-bearing andesite, Dacite

Source: Mount Shirouma-Norikuradake, Mount Kazafukidake

Younger stage
[ Upper ]
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Kazafukidake Pyroclastic Flow Deposits
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Kazafukidake Lava
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Ebiradake Lava
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Norikuradake Lava
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[ Lower ]

Shirouma-Oike volcano
[ Upper ]
+__+__+__+__+_
Younger stage
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Older stage
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Nagano pref.

Nagamori et al. (2010) Geology of the Kotaki District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 130p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)
Nakano et al. (2002) Geology of the Shiroumadake District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 105p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)