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Kasagoshi Pyroclastic Rocks Akahane et al., 1992

• Type locality: Matsuone ridge, Yamanouchi city, Shimotakai county - Takayama city, Kamitakai county, Nagano prefecture
• Volcanic rocks
• late Miocene
• Intruded by: Kasadake Volcanic Rocks

• Lithofacies: Basaltic - Andesitic lava, Tuff breccia, Tuff
• Sedimentary structures: Parallel stratification, Graded bedding

• Thickness: ca. 300 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Kamiike Volcanic Rocks)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Diorite porphyry, Porphyrite)

• Distribution: Matsuone ridge - Mount Kasagatake, Yamanouchi city, Shimotakai county - Takayama city, Kamitakai county, Nagano pref.

• Akahane et al. (1992) Geology of the Nakano District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 106p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)