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Kawamoto Minette

• Volcanic rocks
• Pliocene (2.09 Ma, K-Ar)
• Intruded in: Tsunozu Group

• Lithofacies: Minette (High-K basalt)
• Lithofacies (Upper): Lava
• Lithofacies (Lower): Scoria tuff, Tuff, Welded spatter, Dikes

• Thickness: 60 m or thicker
• Distribution (East - West): ca. 0.8 km
• Distribution (South - North): ca. 1.5 km
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Tsunozu Group)

• Distribution: Hatano, Kawamoto city, Ochi county, Shimane pref.

• Matsuura (1990) Geology of the Akana District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 73p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)