N3 Member

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N₃ Member

Type locality: Oshima city, Tokyo
Volcanic rocks
Phreatomagmatic eruption forming Habu port
Stratovolcano, Caldera volcano
Holocene (9th century, 1,130 yBP, ¹⁴C)

Lithofacies: Low-alkaline tholeiite series
Lithofacies: Pigeonite series
Lithofacies (Upper): Volcanic ash
Lithofacies (Lower): Scoria fall deposit

Mode of eruption (Upper): Fissure, Phreatomagmatic
Mode of eruption (Lower): Strombolian
Eruptive volume (Upper): 0.05 km³ DRE
Eruptive volume (Lower): 0.03 km³ DRE
Thickness: 10 cm - 1 m or thicker

Nomashi Formation
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N₁ Member
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N₂ Member
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N₃ Member
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N₄ Member
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Post-caldera stage
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Yuba Formation
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Nomashi Formation
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Oshima volcano
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Post-caldera stage
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Syn-caldera stage
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Pre-caldera stage
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------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

Distribution: 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.)