The Journal of the Geological Society of Japan
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Zircon LA-ICP-MS U-Pb age of the main eruptives (Nijikai Tuff) constituting the Ikarigaseki Caldera, southern Aomori Prefecture
Yuki AikawaYuji Orihashi Minoru SasakiKaishi NakaoYuichi Takaku
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2021 Volume 127 Issue 7 Pages 431-436

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The Nijikai Tuff was ejected in the late Cenozoic from the Ikarigaseki Caldera, located in the southwestern part of the Hakkoda-Towada caldera cluster. New U-Pb ages of zircons from the Nijigai Tuff reveal a bimodal age distribution with two peaks at 2.019±0.098 and 4.203±0.083 Ma, based on an Unmix Ages function. Considering the closure temperature of zircon, the younger peak age corresponds to the eruption of the Nijikai Tuff, whereas the older peak age may correspond to zircons inherited from massive assimilation by the Nijikai Tuff of underlying volcanic ejecta, likely the Obirakiyama Tuff. In this study the eruption age of the Nijikai Tuff is established with much higher precision than previously determined.

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