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Noro Basalt

• Volcanic rocks
• Pleistocene (1.1 Ma)

• Lithofacies: Alkalline olivine basalt

• Upper limit: Unconformity (DMP, SK)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Hata Formation, Omori Formation, Fujina Formation)

• Distribution: Noro, Higashiizumo town, Matsue city, Shimane pref.; Omawari, Yasugi city, Shimane pref.

• Kano et al. (1994) Geology of the Matsue District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 126p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)