Mt.

Fuji

By: Katie Lauber and Eric Eversole

 Geologic
GeologicHistory
History
•Mount Fuji is the highest mountain on the island of Honshu, with an
•Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan, with an elevation
elevation of 12,388 feet.
of 12,388 feet.
•It is surrounded by five lakes, and is a part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu
•It stands on the border between Yamanashi and Shizuoka, and
National Park.
is surrounded by five lakes. It is also a part of the Fuji-Hakone-
Izu National Park.
•The temperature is usually somewhere between -18°to +8°C,
and the atmospheric pressure 630 to 650 mb
•The volcano is currently classified as active with low risk of
eruption. The last recorded eruption occurred in 1707 during
the Edo Period. At this time, a new crater, along with a second
peak, named Hōei-zan, formed halfway down its side.
 Scientists believe that Mt. Fuji was
formed in four distinct phases of
volcanic activity.
• The first phase, called Sen-komitake, is composed of an andesite
core that has just recently been discovered deep within the
mountain.

• The second phase was called Komitake Fuji, which is a basalt layer
believed to be formed several hundred thousand years ago.

• “Old Fuji,” the third phase, was formed approximately 100,000

years ago over the top of Komitake Fuji.

• Finally, the modern, "New Fuji" is believed to have formed over

the top of Old Fuji around 10,000 years ago.
 Tectonic Plates
•For Mt. Fuji’s history of about 100,000 years, it has only
emitted basalt, regardless of the fact that it is an island-arc
type volcano. It has been assumed that this may be due to
its tectonics settings.

•The tectonics of the region has three converging plates, the

Eurasia (EUR), the North American (NAM), and the Philippine
Sea (PHS) plates.

•Beneath Mt. Fuji, the PHS plate is subducting along the

Sagami and Suruga troughs toward the northeast, while the
Pacific plate is subducting along the Japan Trench toward
the west.
•This region can also be regarded as a cross over area
between the volcanic front and plate boundary regions.

•It is also a zone of collision where the Izu block is

colliding with the Honshu block and is pushing it
northwestward.

•Because of this, the region has had many historic

earthquakes; however, an amazing lack of activity is
displayed around Mt. Fuji, so many previous studies
disagree on the exact location of the plate boundary and
the detailed configuration of the PHS plate

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 Works Cited
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/img_fuji.html.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Fuji.

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2172.html.

http://www.pref.shizuoka.jp/kikaku/ki-20/english/fuji/index.htm

http://images.google.com/images?q=mt+fuji&hl=en