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Kuromori Lava Takarada and Muraoka, 2004

• Type locality: southeast of Mount Kuromori, Aomori city, Aomori prefecture
• Volcanic rocks
• Pliocene (1.74 Ma, K-Ar)

• Lithofacies: Olivine-bearing augite hypersthene basaltic andesite lava, Andesite lava
• Lithofacies: Aa lava

• Thickness: 100 m or thicker
• Thickness (a unit): 2 - 5 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Hakkoda 2nd-stage Pyroclastic Flow Deposit)

• Distribution: Mount Kuromori, Aomori city, Aomori pref.

• Takarada and Muraoka (2004) Geology of the Hakkoda San District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 86p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)