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Shinkyojisan Lava

• Volcanic rocks
• Pleistocene

• Lithofacies: Hypersthene augite lava (10 - 20 flow units), Agglomerate, Scoria agglomerate, Tuff breccia, Welded tuff
• Lithofacies (Minor): Pumice, Scoria, Scoriaceous flow deposit

• Thickness: 350 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Gongendake Pyroclastic Rocks, Kawamata Lava, Akadake Lava, Minotonakayama Lava, Minenomatsume Lava)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Tatsubadani Lava)

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

• Distribution: Shikyoji edge - Mount Tatsubayama - Ogoya edge, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

• Kawachi (1977) Geology of the Yatsugatake District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 92p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)