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Kanayama Andesite

• Type locality: Kagoshima prefecture
• Volcanic rocks
• Pliocene - Pleistocene (Upper: 2.3 - 2.1 Ma, K-Ar)

• Lithofacies (Upper): Two pyroxene andesite
• Lithofacies (Lower): Andesite breccia

• Thickness (Upper): 250 m or thicker
• Thickness (Lower): 170 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity? (Nagano Formation)

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

• Distribution: Nagano, Satsuma city, Satsuma county, Kagoshima pref.

• Hikichi and Yamaji (2008) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.114, no.10, pp.540-545 DOI