Kamishima Volcanic Rocks

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Kamishima Volcanic Rocks Kano et al., 1991

Invalid synonym: Kamishima Volcanics, A part of Iwami Rhyolites and Dacites

Type locality: Kamishima town - Funatsu town, Izumo city, Shimane prefecture
Volcanic rocks
Paleocene (61.3 Ma)
Correlation: Younger Inbi stage intrusive rocks
Intruded by: Hiyodori Granite

Lithofacies (Upper): Andesite lava
Lithofacies (Upper, Minor): Dacite - Rhyolite? tuff
Lithofacies (Lower): Biotite rhyolite welded tuff

Thickness: 500 m or thicker

Inbi stage volcanic rocks
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Daito Volcanic Rocks
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Kamishima Volcanic Rocks
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Gotsu Volcanic Rocks
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Sanin Belt
[ Young ]
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Tamagawa stage volcanic rocks
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Younger Inbi stage intrusive rocks
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Older Inbi stage intrusiv rocks
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Inbi stage volcanic rocks
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Mochigase stage intrusive rocks
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Mochigase stage volcanic rocks
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Distribution: Kamishima town - Funatsu town, Izumo city, Shimane pref.; Shimokanbara, Kamo town, Unnan city, Shimane pref.; Matsue city, Shimane pref.

Kano (2018) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.124, no.10, pp.781-803 DOI
Nishida (2013) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.119, no.4, pp.229-248 DOI
Kano et al. (1991) Geology of the Imaichi District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 79p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)