Fujimi Lava

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Fujimi Lava

Volcanic rocks
Lava dome
Pleistocene

Lithofacies: Olivine biotite quartz-bearing hypersthene augite hornblende andesite lava
Lithofacies (Lower): Tuff breccia
Structures: Columnar joint

Source: summit of Mount Fujimidake
Thickness: 100 m or thicker
Upper limit: Unconformity (Daikoku Lava, Marishiten Lava)

Eboshi volcano
[ Upper ]
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Marishiten Lava
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Daikoku Lava
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Kikyogahara Lava
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Fujimi Lava
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Maekawa Lava
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Eboshi Lava
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[ Lower ]

Older stage
[ Upper ]
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Takamagahara volcano
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Eboshi volcano
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Sencho volcano
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[ Lower ]

Norikura volcano
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Later stage
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Older stage
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[ Older ]

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

Distribution: Mount Fujimidake, Takayama city, Gifu pref. - Matsumoto city, Nagano pref.; Kuraigahara, Azumi, Matsumoto city, Nagano 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.)