Upper Hijochi Formation

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Upper Hijochi Formation

Coherent formation
Cretaceous

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Lithofacies: Sandstone
Lithofacies (Minor): Gravelly sandstone, Conglomerate, Slate

Thickness: 400 - 450 m
Upper limit: Conformity (Nagaiso Formation)
Lower limit: Conformity (Lower Hijochi Formation)

Ofunato Group (Ryori, Iwate pref.)
[ Upper ]
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Takonoura Formation
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Ryori Formation
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Attari Formation
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[ Lower ]

Ofunato Group (Ofunato, Iwate pref.)
[ Upper ]
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Nagaiso Formation
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Upper Hijochi Formation
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Lower Hijochi Formation
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Funagawara Formation
?--?--?--?--?-
[ Lower ]

Ofunato Subelt
[ Upper ]
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Massaki Group
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Ofunato Group
?--?--?--?--?-
[ Lower ]

South Kitakami Belt (after Permian)
[ West ]
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Shizukawa-Hashiura Subbelt
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Karakuwa-Oshika Subbelt
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Ofunato Subelt
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[ East ]

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

Distribution: west coast of Kadonohama bay, Massaki town, Ofunato city, Iwate pref.

Kambe and Shimazu (1961) Kesennuma, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 73p. (in Japanese with English abstract 16p.)