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Dashiwaradani Lava

• Volcanic rocks
• Pleistocene (0.15 - 0.12 Ma)

• Lithofacies (Upper): Hyperthene augite andesite lava (2 flow units)
• Lithofacies (Middle): Volcanic breccia, Tuff breccia
• Lithofacies (Upper): Hyperthene augite andesite lava (2 flow units)
• Lithofacies (Lower): Quartz biotite-bearing hyperthene augite hornblende andesite lava (more than 2 flow units), Pyroclastic rocks

• Thickness: 250 m
• Thickness (Middle): 40 m
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Yukawadani Volcanics)

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

• Distribution: Dashiwaradani valley - Mount Ecchuzawadake, Toyama city, Toyama pref.

• Nakano et al. (2010) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.116, Supplement, pp.37-48 DOI
• Harayama et al. (2000) Geology of the Tateyama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 218p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)