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Kamitaga Rhyolite (Kuno, 1952) Oikawa and Ishizuka, 2011

• Type locality: Cape Akanezaki, Kamitaga, Atami city, Shizuoka prefecture
• Volcanic rocks
Monogenetic volcano
• Pleistocene (ca. 0.45 Ma, Ar-Ar)

• Lithofacies: Orthopyroxene hornblende rhyolite lava
• Lithofacies (Minor): Pyroclastic breccia, Tuff breccia, Obsidian
• Sedimentary structures (Tuff breccia): Parallel stratification, Cross stratification

• Mode of eruption: Phreatomagmatic
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Uomisaki volcano)

• Distribution: Cape Akanezaki - Futatsuiwa, Kamitaga, Atami city, Shizuoka pref.

• Oikawa and Ishizuka (2011) Geology of the Atami District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 61p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)