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Dakedani Lava

• Volcanic rocks
• middle Pleistocene

• Lithofacies: Hypersthene dacite lava, Scoria, Agglutinate
• Structures: Eutaxitic structure, Platy joint
• Paleocurrent: to South

• Source: in the vicinity of Mount Takamagahara
• Thickness: ca. 30 m
• Volume: 0.18 km³
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Danahigashidani Lava)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Bandokoro Lava, Maekawa Lava, Takamagahara Volcaniclastic Breccia, Asahidaki Lava)

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

• Distribution: Takamagahara - Shintani valley - Hontani valley - Higashitani valley, Danagawa river - Dakedanidaki fall, Takane town, Takayama city, Gifu pref.

• Nakano et al. (1995) Geology of the Norikuradake District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 139p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)