Odagoe Formation

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Odagoe Formation (Ehiro et al., 1986) Kawamura and Kitakami Paleozoic Research Group, 2000

Type locality: Okutori creek - Takabu creek, Take river, Ohasama town, Hanamaki city, Iwate prefecture
Coherent formation
Paleozoic volcanic island arc
Carboniferous, Visean - Moscovian (Corals, Foraminifera)
Intruded by: Tono Granodiorite
Correlation: Lower Funakubo Formation

Lithofacies (Upper): Basalt lava, Volcaniclastics
Lithofacies (Middle): Limestone
Lithofacies (Lower): Mudstone, Sandstone

Thickness: 450 m or thicker

South Kitakami Belt (Osako, Iwate pref.)
[ Upper ]
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Uchikawame Formation
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Funakubo Formation / Odagoe Formation
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Orikabetoge Formation
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Nameirizawa Formation
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Hayachine Complex
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Okutori creek - Takabu creek - Fuenuki fall - Odagoe, Take river, Ohasama town, Hanamaki city, Iwate pref.; Annyokai creek, Yakushi river, Miyako city, Iwate pref.
Fossils: Solitary rugosa, Crinoids, Bryozoa, Brachiopods, Green algae
Fossils (Limestone, Foraminifera): Endothyridae, Palaeotextulariidae, Saccaminopsis sp.

Kawamura et al. (2013) Geology of the Hayachine San District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 101p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)