The green tuff formation around Mt. Mitsutoge is divided into four formations in ascending order, namely, the Ashigawa (the Onuma), the Otsuki, the Nishikatsura, and the Kawaguchiko. The Ashigawa and the Onuma formation consist of basaltic and dacitic lava and pyroclastics. The Otsuki and the Kawaguchiko formation consist of andestic and dacitic pyroclastics. The Nishikatsura formation consists of conglomerate and tuffceous sandstone, containing many fossils. In these formations the Onuma and the Otsuki and the Nishikatsura which distribute from Otsuki city to Tsuru city are in the relation of conformity one another. However, in Ohata area, the western part of Tsuru city, the Nishikatsura formation partially covers the Otsuki formation unconformably. This unconformity was caused by the structural uplift of these area. The Onuma, Nishikatsura and Kawaguchiko formations distributing around Mt. Mitsutoge are in the relation of unconformity one another. In particular, the Kawaguchiko formation abuts on the Nishikatsura and the Onuma formations. From these facts, it is concluded that the Kawaguchiko formation would be deposited in the collapse basin which was formed at the boundary of the Misaka and the Tanzawa series in late Miocene. And the geologic development in this area is summerized that the partial uplift had taken place before the deposition of the Nishikatsura formation, and the structural movement and the volcanic activity which was related to the formation of the collapse basin took place after the deposition of the Nishikatsura formation.
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