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Akiya Scoria Cone

• Volcanic rocks
• Pliocene (2.8 Ma)
• Contemporaneous heterotopic facies: Uzuka Basalt
• Intruded by: Alkaline olivine basalt dikes, Sills

• Lithofacies: Alkaline olivine basalt lava, Agglutinate

• Distribution: Akiya seashore, Nakanoshima island, Ama city, Oki county, Shimane pref.

• Chiba et al. (2000) Geology of the Urago District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 74p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)