Sakamoto Andesites

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Sakamoto Andesites

Volcanic rocks
Pliocene

Lithofacies: Olivine trachyandesite lava, Olivine andesite lava

Thickness: ca. 30 - 180 m
Lower limit: Conformity (Dakyoji Gravel Bed)

Kurayoshi, Tottori pref.
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Tawara Platy Andesites
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Mitokusan Andesites
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Hachibuseyama Platy Andesites
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Sakamoto Andesites
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Dakyoji Gravel Bed
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Kurayoshi, Kurayoshi city, Tottori pref.; Kadota, Yurihama city, Tohaku county, Tottori pref.; Sakamoto - Misasa hotspring, Misasa city, Tohaku county, Tottori pref.

Murayama and Ozawa (1961) Aoya & Kurayoshi, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 71p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)