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Danashintani Lava

• Volcanic rocks
• middle Pleistocene

• Lithofacies (Upper): Augite hypersthene andesite lava (A flow unit)
• Lithofacies (Middle): Augite hypersthene andesite tuff, Tuff breccia
• Lithofacies (Lower): Augite hypersthene andesite lava (A flow unit)
• Sedimentary structures (Middle, Minor): Parallel stratification

• Thickness: 150 m or thicker
• Thickness (Middle): 30 m or thicker
• Thickness (Lower): 40 m or thicker
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Sencho Lava, Danahigashidani Lava)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Asahidaki Lava)

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

• Distribution: Shintani valley, Danagawa river - Asahidaki fall, Nigorikawa river, Takane town, Takyama 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.)