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Sencho Lava

• Volcanic rocks
• Middle Pleistocene

• Lithofacies: Hornblende-bearing augite hypersthene andesite lava (2 - 9 flow units)

• Thickness: 250 - 350 m or thicker
• Thickness (A unit): 10 - 30 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Danahigashidani Lava)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Aoya Arculate Dyke, Mino Belt, Nohi Rhyolites, Nyukawa Pyroclastic Flow Deposit, Danashintani Lava, Senchokita Lava, Kibyu Volcaniclastic Rocks, Kibyu Lava, Asahidaki Lava)

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

• Distribution: Senchoone ridge - Senchogahara - Nagakurahontani valley, Asahi town, Takayama city, Gifu pref.; Nenoharakogen - Mount Ishibotokeyama, 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.)
• 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.)