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Murotsu Formation (Hyogo prefecture, 1961) Sato et al., 2016

Invalid synonym: Murotsu Rhyolites

• Type locality: Yatsuzaka, Murotsu, Mitsu town, Tatsuno city, Hyogo prefecture
• Volcanic rocks
• Late Cretaceous
• Intruded by: Tenkadaiyama Rhyolite

• Sedimentary facies: Caldera-fill deposits
• Lithofacies: Pyroclastic flow deposits
• Lithofacies: Hornblende-bearing rhyolite welded crystalline tuff, Crystalline lapilli tuff

• Thickness: ca. 310 m

• Distribution: Murotsu - Yatsuzaka - Cape Bentengahana - Cape Moburinohana - Ibogawa town, Tatsuno city, Hyogo pref.

• Sato et al. (2016) Geology of the Banshu-Ako District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 68p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)