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Komochi volcano (1,296 m), located at the southernmost part of NE Japan arc, is a Quaternary composite volcano with a diameter of approximately 6 km and a volume of approximately 10 km3. The basement is composed of the Kirigakubo Formation, a member of the Miocene rhyolitic tuff formation, and Iwamoto volcanoes, dacite lava domes (ca. 6 Ma). The rocks of the Komochi volcano consist of low-K andesites with small amounts of basaltic andesite and dacite. All rocks of the Komochi volcano belong to the hyperthenic rock series. The volcanic activity of the Komochi volcano can be divided into following three stages: Ayado stage (c.a. 1.6 Ma), Early Komochi (0.9 Ma-) and Late Komochi (0.6-0.2 Ma) volcano stages which is subdivided into the two kinds of activities: stratovolcano-forming and lava dome-forming. At any stage, a large number of andesitic dikes intruded, which comprise radial dike swarm in the circumference of the Daikokuiwa neck. The Komochi volcano has a life span of about 1.4 m.y. and calculated production rate of 0.14-0.25 km3/104 yr., which is very small compared to lager volcanoes around Komochi volcano, for example Myoko and Hakone volcanoes, and even smaller than similar volcanoes in the Shin-etsu Highland area.
