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South Kitakami Belt

• Coherent formation
• Paleozoic volcanic island arc
• Ordovician - Early Cretaceous

• Sedimentary facies: Shallow marine
• Sedimentary facies: Continental shelf

• Northern limit: Hayachine Tectonic Line (Hayachine Eastern Marginal Fault)

------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

• Distribution: Iwate pref. - Miyagi pref.

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