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Takinosawa Volcanic Rocks

• Type locality: Fudo fall, Takinosawa, Yanagisawa, Nakano city, Nagano prefecture
• Volcanic rocks
• Stratovolcano
• Pleistocene

• Lithofacies: Pyroxene andesite lava (more than 5 flow units), Pyroclastic rocks

• Thickness: 400 - 500 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Kosha Volcanic Rocks)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Kokuzo Volcanic Rocks)

• Distribution: Fudo fall, Takinosawa, Yanagisawa, Nakano city, Nagano pref.; Tenguiwa - Oiwa - Fufuiwa, Yanagisawa, Nakano city, 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.)