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Shimokado Pyroclastic Flow Deposit

Abbr.: Hwk

Invalid synonym: Hiwaki Pyroclastic Flow Deposit

• Type locality: Kogashira, Kagoshima city, Kagoshima prefecture
• Volcanic rocks
• Middle Pleistocene (0.57 Ma, K-Ar)
• Correlation: Ks18, Kh3b (Choshi, Chiba), Uw-23

• Source: southern Kyushu island, Japan
• Host: Kasamori Formation, Kawauchi Formation
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Koyamada Formation)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Kogashira Formation)

• Distribution: Kogashira, Kagoshima city, Kagoshima pref.

• Tamura et al. (2019) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.125, no.1, pp.23-39 DOI
• Furusawa et al. (2018) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.124, no.6, pp.435-447 DOI
• Uchimura et al. (2014) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.120, Supplement, pp.127-153 DOI