Aoichi Basalts

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Aoichi Basalts

Type locality: Aoichi, Minamiizu city, Kamo county - Kismi, Shimoda city, Shizuoka prefecture
Volcanic rocks
Late Miocene - Pliocene

Lithofacies: Basalt lapilli tuff, Tuff breccia, Lava

Thickness: ca. 20 m

Shirahama Group (Cape Irozaki)
[ Upper ]
?--?--?--?--?-
Ogamo Rhyolite
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Aoichi Basalts
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Ichijo Andesite
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Ishiki Formation / Nijo Dacite
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Irozaki Andesite
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Aoichi - Mera - Shimokamo hot spring, Minamiizu city, Kamo county, Shizuoka pref.; Kismi, Shimoda city, Shizuoka pref.

Sumi (1958) Mikomotojima, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 33p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)