Stop 9 Princeland: Kambara block

At this rotary intersection, one of the largest blocks of the Kambara debris avalanche may be examined. It is 30 m long and 3 m high, and appears to lie on the ground sticking out of the thin (1-2 m thick) finer deposit. It has a glassy skin due to quenching, with fine joints growing perpendicular to the surface. Internal expansion produced open cracks on the surface of the blocks which are similar to those on breadcrust bombs. The block was plastically deformed as a whole sensing gravity.

A Kambara block


Stop 1 Matori: View of Asama
Stop 2 Kami Hocchi: Aira-Tanzawa ash and Asama pumices
Stop 3 Sugiuri: Tsukahara debris avalanche deposit
Stop 4 Hirahara: Hirahara ignimbrite
Stop 5 Asama Volcano Observatory: The 1783 pumice
Stop 6 Shiraito Waterfall: Shiraito pumice
Stop 7 Kuromame-gawara: Agatsuma ignimbrite of 1783
Stop 8 Oni-Oshidashi Lava Park: Oni-Oshidashi lava flow and a possible source of the Kambara event
Stop 9 Princeland: A Kambara block
Stop 10 Akagawa Quarry: Kambara debris avalanche deposit and Kusatsu pumice
Stop 11 Kambara Kan-non-do: Stone steps buried by the Kambara debris avalanche
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