Genjidake Welded Tuff

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Genjidake Welded Tuff

Volcanic rocks
Caldera
Late Cretaceous - Paleogene

Lithofacies: Rhyolite - Dacite welded tuff
Lithofacies (Minor): Tuff, Shale

Thickness: ca. 300 m
Distribution (East - West): ca. 7 km
Distribution (South - North): ca. 5 km
Lower limit: Unconformity (Hikodani Welded Tuff, Mikkamachi Formation)

Sequence IV (central Mikkaichi, Gifu pref.)
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Akadani Welded Tuff
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Tsumetadani Formation
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Sequence IV (eastern Mikkaichi, Gifu pref.)
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Genjidake Welded Tuff
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Mikkamachi Formtion
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Sequence IV (Takayama, Gifu pref.)
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Kuzogawa Welded Tuff
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Aoya Tuff
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Sequence IV (Southern area)
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Uguigawa Welded Tuff
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Mayumitoge Welded Tuff
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Takadaru Welded Tuff
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Atera Formation
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[ Lower ]

Nohi Rhyolites
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Sequence VI
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Sequence V
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Sequence IV
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Sequence III
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Sequence II
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Sequence I
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------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

Distribution: Mount Genjigadake - Matsukurakannon, Takayama city, Gifu pref.

Yamada et al. (1985) Geology of the Takayama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 111p. (in Japanese with English abstract 9p.)
Kawada (1982) Geology of the Mikkamachi District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 72p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)