Benkenemisaki Lava

Benkenemisaki Lava Isshiki, 1960

Type locality: Cape BenkeneMiyake city, Tokyo
Volcanic rocks
Holocene (after late 9th century, before AD1643)

Lithofacies: Tholeiite series
Lithofacies: Basalt scoria
Paleocurrent: to East-southeast

Source: ca. 6 craters between the central cone and Cape Benkene
Lower limit: Unconformity (Kanaso explosion crater)

Younger parasitic cone and crater
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1940 Lava
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1874 Lava
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1835 Lava
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Shitori Lava
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Anafutatsu Parasitic Cone
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Usuki Lava
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Shinmio explosion crater
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Nippana Lava
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Kamikoshiki Parasitic Cone
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Sabigahama Lava
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Imasaki Lava / Kosihkiiwa Scoria Cone
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Ako Lava
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Benkenemisaki Lava
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[ Lower ]

Miyakejima volcano
[ Upper ]
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Younger parasitic cone and crater
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Central cone
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Main cone
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Cape Benkene - Kanaso explosion crater - Tsubota, Miyake city, Tokyo

Isshiki (1960) Miyake-jima, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 85p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)