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Kano Andesites

• Volcanic rocks
• Pliocene

• Lithofacies: Hypersthene series
• Lithofacies (Upper): Basaltic andesite (A few flow units)
• Lithofacies (Middle): Two-pyroxene andesite, Hornblende two-pyroxene andesite lava (2 flow units)
• Lithofacies (Lower): Two-pyroxene andesite, Hornblende two-pyroxene andesite tuff breccia

• Thickness (Andesite, A flow unit): ca. 100 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Tanaba volcano)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Yugashima Propylites, Omi White Tuffs)

• Distribution: Yoshina hot spring - Funabara hot spring - Funabarashinden - Yaguma, Izu city, Shizuoka pref.

• Sawamura (1955) Shuzenji, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 47p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)