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Nekko Green Andesitic Bed

• Volcanic rocks
• Miocene

• Lithofacies (Basalt): Pigeonite series
• Lithofacies (Upper): Andesite lava (A few flow units), Tuffaceous sandstone, Conglomerate, Tuff breccia
• Lithofacies (Middle): Basalt lava (A flow unit)
• Lithofacies (Lower): Tuffaceous sandstone
• Lithofacies (Bottom): Conglomerate

• Thickness: ca. 300 m
• Thickness (Basalt lava): ca. 30 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Nekko Dacites, Tanaba volcano)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Yugashima Propylites)

• Distribution: Nekko pass, Nishiizu city, Kamo county - Izu city, Shizuoka pref.

• Sawamura (1955) Shuzenji, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 47p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)