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Kantachibara Lava

• Volcanic rocks
• middle Pleistocene

• Lithofacies: Hornblende-bearing hypersthene augite andesite lava (A flow unit)
• Structures: Columnar joint

• Thickness: ca. 50 m
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Mino Belt)

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

• Distribution: Kantachibara, 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.)