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Nakanoshuku Tuff Yamada et al., 1985

• Type locality: Hidagawa river, Nakanoshuku - Shimonomukai, Takane town, Takayama city, Gifu prefecture
• Volcanic rocks
• Caldera
• Late Cretaceous - Paleogene
• Intruded by: Quartz porphyry dike, Gabbro dike, Andesite dike

• Lithofacies: Biotite rhyolite tuff, Pumice tuff, Lapilli tuff
• Lithofacies (Minor): Tuffaceous sandstone, Tuffaceous mudstone, Conglomerate

• Thickness: 0 - 200 m
• Distribution (South - North): ca. 7 km
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Higashimata-Funayama Welded Tuff)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Higetayama Formation, Onishi Formation)

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

• Distribution: Nakanoshuku - Shimonomukai - Nenoharakogen - Inohanagawa river, Takane town, Takayama city, Gifu pref.

• Yamada and Kobayashi (1988) Geology of the Ontakesan District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 136p. (in Japanese with English abstract 9p.)
• 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.)