Shitara Igneous Complex

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Shitara Igneous Complex

Younger: Shitara-Horaiko caldera
Older: Shitara-Myojinyama caldera
Volcanic rocks
middle Miocene
Intruded by: Shitara Sills

Eruptive volume (Younger): ca. 30 km³
Eruptive volume (Older): ca. 110 km³

Nansetsu Subgroup
[ Upper ]
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Otoge Volcanic Complex
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Tsugu Volcanic Rocks
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Shitara Igneous Complex
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Oro Formation
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[ Lower ]

Shitara Group
[ Upper ]
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Nansetsu Subgroup (Shitara Volcanic Rocks)
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Hokusetsu Subgroup
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Lake Horaiko, Shinshiro city, Aichi pref.

Hoshi and Ogawa (2012) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.118, no.11, pp.748-761 DOI
Yamasaki and Ozaki (2012) Geology of the Asuke District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 76p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)
Miura and Wada (2007) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.113, no.7, pp.283-295 DOI