Atakawa Lava

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Atakawa Lava

Volcanic rocks
Pleistocene - Holocene

Lithofacies: Quartz-bearing augite hypersthene andesite
Lithofacies (Upper): Andesite lava
Lithofacies (Upper, Minor): Andesite hyaloclastite
Lithofacies (Middle): Andesite lava
Lithofacies (Lower): Andesite pyroclastic flow deposit

Upper limit: Unconformity (Shiradagawa Mudflow Deposit)

Amagi volcano (Shuzenji)
[ Upper ]
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Amagikogaseki Lava
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Basalt
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Hacchoike Lava
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Main part
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[ Lower ]

Amagi volcano (Western part)
[ Upper ]
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Shiradagawa Mudflow Deposit
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Inatori Mudflow Deposit
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Okukito Lava
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Atakawa Lava
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Sengenyama Lava
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Hokkawa Lava
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Hokkawa - Atagawa - Anagiri seashore - Cape Anagiri, Higashiizu city, Kamo county, Shizuoka pref.

Ono and Sumi (1959) Inatori, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 23p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)