The author carried out the VLF-MT survey to investigate the details of the geological structure of the Yato Castle Hill, which is located on the Nirasaki mud flow at the southern foot of Mt. Yatsugatake, Yamanashi Prefecture. Apparent resistivity, phase angle, electric field strength and magnetic field strength are measured along the lines using 50meters station intervals, and we interpreted the obtained VLF-MT data on the assumption of the two-layer earth model, according to the model based upon the distributions of the observed phase angle and resistivity. Yato Castle Hill consists of four layers; a layer of 27-94hm meters, a layer of 100-250ohm meters, a layer of 470-900ohm meters, and a layer of 1, 000-2, 240ohm meters. A layer of 100-250ohm meters is the same as that of the plateau around the hill, and a high resistivity layer more than 1, 000ohm meters rests on the plateau. This high resistivity layer is thought to be an alternating layers of tuff breccia and lava. These results indicate that the Yato Castle Hill is a small volcano.
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