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Akappage volcano

• Type locality: Akappage, Oshima city, Tokyo
• Volcanic rocks
• Lateral volcano
• late Pleistocene

• Lithofacies: Low-alkaline tholeiite series
• Lithofacies: Pigeonite series
• Lithofacies: Olivine basalt, Pyroxene olivine basalt, Pyroxene basalt
• Lithofacies: Welded spatter, Scoria, Lava (A flow unit)

• Thickness (A unit): 2.15 m

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

• Distribution: Akappage, Oshima city, Tokyo

• Isshiki (1984) Geology of the Oshima District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 133p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)