Kanuma pumice layer - Kanuma pumice layer

Japanese: 鹿沼軽石層 - かぬまかるいしそう
Kanuma pumice layer - Kanuma pumice layer

…It is a yellow weathered product of pumice that erupted from Akagi Volcano at the end of the Pleistocene, and is commonly known as garden soil. It is also called the Kanuma Pumice Layer. It is distributed in a fan shape to the east of Akagi Volcano, and its total volume is estimated to be about 6.6 billion m3. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Kanuma Pumice Layer" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…赤城火山から更新世末に噴出した軽石の黄色風化物で,園芸用土として一般にその名が知られる。鹿沼軽石層とも呼ばれる。赤城火山をかなめにして東方に扇形に分布し,その総量は体積にして約66億m3と見積もられている。…

※「鹿沼軽石層」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。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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