Tenshojihara Lava

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Tenshojihara Lava

Volcanic rocks
Pleistocene

Lithofacies: Hornblende hypersthene augite andesite lava

Thickness: A few m
Upper limit: Unconformity (Minami Lava)

Tateshinayama Lava
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Sancho Lava
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Sakuratani Lava
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Minami Lava
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Bangoya Lava
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Nishi Lava
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Tenshojihara Lava
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[ Lower ]

Younger period (Mount Tateshina)
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Tateshinayama Lava
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2,161m-ho Lava
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Suribachiyama Lava
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[ Lower ]

Yatsugatake volcano
[ Upper ]
+__+__+__+__+_
Younger period
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Older period
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Tenshojihara - Takinoyu river, Chino city, Nagano pref.

Kawachi (1974) Geology of the Tateshinayama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 114p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)