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Aizu-kaneyama Volcanic Rocks Yamamoto and Komazawa, 2004

Invalid synonym: Takamoriyama Andesite, Takakuharayama Andesite

• Type locality: Mount Takamori - Mount Takakuhara, Kaneyama city, Onuma county, Fukushima prefecture
• Volcanic rocks
• Pliocene (3.4, 3.2 Ma, K-Ar)

• Lithofacies: Orthopyroxene clinopyroxene andesite, Orthopyroxene clinopyroxene hornblende dacite
• Lithofacies: Lava
• Lithofacies (Minor): Pyroclastic rocks

• Thickness: 400 - 800 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Shirifukitoge Pyroclastic Deposit, Numagozen Pyroclastic Deposit)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Uwaigusa Formation)

• Distribution: Lake Numazawa - Mount Takamori - Mount Takakuhara, Kaneyama city, Onuma county, Fukushima pref.

• Masubuchi and Ishizaki (2011) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.117, no.6, pp.357-376 DOI
• Yamamoto and Komazawa (2004) Geology of the Miyashita District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 71p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)