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Nekoma volcano Nakamura, 1978

• Type locality: Kanezawa pass - Oshio, Kitashiobara city, Yama county, Fukushima prefecture
• Volcanic rocks
• Stratovolcano
• early Pleistocene (1.43 - 0.6 Ma, K-Ar)

• Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
• Lithofacies: Low-K series
• Lithofacies: Orthopyroxene clinopyroxene andesite
• Lithofacies: Lava
• Lithofacies (Minor): Pyroclastic fall deposit

• Thickness: 800 m
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Nanaorezaka Formation, Fujitoge Formation)

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

• Distribution: Kanezawa pass - Oshio, Kitashiobara city, Yama county, Fukushima pref.; Mount Nekomagadake, Bandai city - Kitashiobara city, Yama county, Fukushima pref.

• 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.)