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Menbo volcano Isshiki, 1982

Invalid synonym: Menbo Lava

• Type locality: Kozushima city, Tokyo
• Volcanic rocks
• Monogenetic volcano
• Pleistocene

• Sedimentary facies: Lava dome
• Lithofacies: Hypersthene rhyolite lava
• Paleocurrent: to West

• Source: in the vicinity of Mount Chichibuyama
• Distribution (South - North): ca. 1.7 km
• Distribution (East - West): ca. 2.5 km
• Distribution (Height): 50 - 150 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Tenjosan volcano)

• Distribution: Menbo - Mount Chichibuyama, Kozushima city, Tokyo

• Isshiki (1982) Geology of the Kozushima District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 75p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)