Mount Adachi

Japanese: 足立山 - あだちやま
Mount Adachi

...The geology is mostly Mesozoic, Palaeozoic and granite, but in the Hizen Mountains, a plateau of basalt about 300m thick on the Tertiary layer is formed. The elevation is mostly around 1000m, but the highest elevation in the Kiku Mountains in the east is 598m (Adachiyama), and in the Hizen Mountains in the west is 777m (Kunimiyama). From the Kiku Mountains to the Sefuri Mountains, three eroded flat areas have been formed at elevations of about 1000m, 500m and 300m, indicating that there have been three intermittent land uplifts. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Mount Adachi" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…地質は大部分が中生層,古生層,花コウ岩類であるが,肥前山地では第三紀層上の厚さ約300mの玄武岩が台地を形成している。標高は大部分が1000m前後であるが,東の企救山地は最高598m(足立山),西の肥前山地は最高777m(国見山)である。企救山地から脊振山地にかけては標高約1000m,500m,300mの3段の浸食平たん面が形成されており,3回の間欠的な土地隆起があったことを示している。…

※「足立山」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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