著者

長谷川 健 中川 光弘

出版者

特定非営利活動法人 日本火山学会

雑誌

火山 (ISSN:04534360)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.59, no.4, pp.269-274, 2014-12-31 (Released:2017-03-20)

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This paper introduces a practical use of outcrop data in determining the correlation, stratigraphy and distribution of large-scale pyroclastic flow deposits (PFL). The studied area is the Akan and Kutcharo volcanic zone in Eastern Hokkaido, Japan, which have had a long and complex history of more than 20 caldera-forming eruptions during the Quaternary. A database of the stratigraphy and glass chemistry for the more than 20 PFL can be established by studying a sufficient number of representative outcrops. We found representative outcrops where stratigraphic relationships between several PFL can be observed at the same time. We analyzed glass chemistry of juvenile pumices (>10 clasts) of the PFL. The database enables to identify all exposed PFL in this area, thus allowing us to draw detailed maps of the distribution for each PFL. The database can be also used for correlation and chrono-stratigraphic determination of reworked volcanic deposits, such as terrigenous marine deposits in Kushiro region, located on the plains at the foot of Akan and Kutcharo volcanoes.