Mimizaki Trachyte

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Mimizaki Trachyte

Volcanic rocks
late Miocene
Contemporaneous heterotopic facies: Pyroclastic Rock 1

Lithofacies: Trachyte lava
Sedimentary structures: Flow structures

Upper limit: Unconformity (Dairyo Trachyte)

Goka Rhyolite
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Mimizaki Trachyte
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[ Lower ]

Lower part (West)
[ Upper ]
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Goka Rhyolite
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[ Lower ]

Omosu Formation
[ Upper ]
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Upper part
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Middle part
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Lower part
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[ Lower ]

Oki-Dogo island, Shimane pref.
[ Upper ]
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Omosu Formation
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Tsuma Formation
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Dai - Cape Mimizaki - Cape Mizaki, Okinoshima city, Oki county, Shimane pref.

Yamauchi et al. (2009) Geology of the Saigo District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 118p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)