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Tenshi volcano

• Volcanic rocks
• Intermediate between Stratovolcano and Shield volcano
• Pleistocene

• Lithofacies: Pigeonite series
• Lithofacies (Upper): Olivine two-pyroxene andesite lava
• Lithofacies (Lower): Two-pyroxene andesite lava
• Lithofacies (Lower, Minor): Tuff breccia
• Lithofacies (Minor): Volcanic conglomerate

• Thickness (A unit): A few dozen m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Amagi volcano)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Jo Formation)

• Distribution: Mount Tenshi, 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.)