Ishiwaritoge Formation

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Ishiwaritoge Formation

Coherent formation
Jurassic

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Lithofacies: Conglomerate

Thickness: 230 m
Upper limit: Conformity (Mone Formation)
Lower limit: Unconformity (Tsunagizaka Formation)

Shishiori Group
[ Upper ]
?--?--?--?--?-
Kogoshio Formation
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Mone Formation
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Ishiwaritoge Formation
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[ Lower ]

Karakuwa-Oshika Subbelt
[ Upper ]
?--?--?--?--?-
Shishiori Group
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Karakuwa Group
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[ 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 Subbelt
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[ East ]

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

Distribution: Higashihachimanmae, Kesennuma city, Miyagi 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.)