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Nikko Volcano | John Seach
Honshu, Japan
36.80 N, 139.38 E
summit elevation 2578 m
shield volcano
The volcano is located in Nikko National Park. There are four lava domes on a shield volcano. A magma body is present in the midcrust beneath the volcano.
Further Reading
Horiuchi, S., Tsumura, N. and Hasegawa, A., 1997. Mapping of a magma reservoir beneath Nikko-Shirane volcano in northern Kanto, Japan, from travel time and seismogram shape anomalies. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 102(B8), pp.18071-18090.
Matsumoto, S. and Hasegawa, A., 1996. Distinct S wave reflector in the midcrust beneath Nikko-Shirane volcano in the northeastern Japan arc. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 101(B2), pp.3067-3083.
Nikko-Shirane Volcano Eruptions
1952, 1890, 1889, 1873, 1872, 1871?, 1649, 1625.