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Konogi Rhyolite

• Volcanic rocks
• Large scale felsic igneous rocks associated with caldera formation
• Felsic volcan-plutonic complex
• Volcanic rocks erupted before caldera formation
• middle Miocene (14.2 Ma, K-Ar, 15.4 Ma, FT)

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Lithofacies: Biotite rhyolite
• Lithofacies: Lava
• Lithofacies (Lower, Minor): Rhyolite pyroclastic rocks

• Thickness: 300 m
• Thickness (Pyroclastic rocks): ca. 50 m
• Distribution: 5 x 10 km²
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Owase-Shirahama Pyroclastic Rocks)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Kumano Group)

------ Transitional, ~~~~~~ Intrusive, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

• Distribution: Ichiura, Isozaki village, Kumano city, Mie pref.

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