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Bandai-Hayama 2 Pyroclastic Flow Deposit Yamamoto and Sudo, 1996

Abbr.: Bn-HP2

Invalid synonym: HP2b

• Tephra
• Pleistocene (ca. 80 ka)

• Lithofacies: Pyroclastic flow deposit
• Lithofacies: Orthopyroxene clinopyroxene dacite
• Lithofacies: Pumiceous lapilli

• Source: Bandai volcano
• Host: Higher II Terrace Deposit (Kawamata), Middle Terrace Deposit (Kawamata)
• Mode of eruption: Plinian
• Eruptive volume: ca. 0.3 km³
• Thickness: 5 - 20 cm

• Distribution: Fukushima pref.

• Kubo et al. (2015) Geology of the Kawamata District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 86p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)
• Yamamoto et al. (2006) Geology of the Kitakata District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 63p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)