Post-caldera cone

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Post-caldera cone Isshiki, 1959

Type locality: Mount Higashiyama, Hachijo city, Tokyo
Volcanic rocks
Stratovolcano
Pleistocene - Holocene

Lithofacies: Tholeiite series
Lithofacies (Upper): Augite hypersthene andesite
Lithofacies (Middle): Augite hypersthene andesite, Augite hypersthene olivine basalt and andesite, Augite olivine basalt
Lithofacies (Lower): Augite hypersthene andesite, Augite olivine basalt
Lithofacies: Lava, Volcaniclastic rocks, Scoria

Higashiyama volcano
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Parasitic crater / Central cone
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Post-caldera cone
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Pre-caldera cone
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[ Lower ]

Hachijojima volcano
[ Upper ]
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Nishiyama volcano
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Higashiyama volcano
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Old volcanoes
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------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

Distribution: Nakogahana - Aigae harbour - Miyuki fall - Kashitate, Hachijo city, Tokyo

Isshiki (1958) Hachijo-jima, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 58p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)