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Saragai Group

• Coherent formation
• Late Triassic, Carnian - Norian (Fossils)
• Intruded by: Orikabe-1a type, Sasamori type

• Sedimentary facies: Shallow marine
• Sedimentary facies: Inner bay
• Lithofacies: Sandstone
• Lithofacies (Minor): Sandy slate, Slate, Conglomerate

• Upper limit: Unconformity (Niranohama Formation, Niitsuki Formation)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Inai Group)

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

• Distribution: Kesennuma city, Miyagi pref.; Mount Atago, Fujisawa town, Ichinoseki city, Iwate pref.

• Ehiro and Morikiyo (2013) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.119, Supplement, pp.47-67 DOI
• Takeuchi and Mikoshiba (2002) Geology of the Senmaya District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 76p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)
• Takeuchi and Kaneko (1996) Geology of the Shizugawa District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 93p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)
• Kamada (1993) Geology of the Tsuya District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 70p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)
• 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.)