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Tanohata Granite
- Type locality: Tanohata city, Shimohei county, Iwate prefecture
- Plutonic rocks
- Zoned pluton
- Early Cretaceous (125 - 121 Ma, K-Ar)
- Intruded in: Iwaizumi Group, Harachiyama Formation
- Lithofacies (Central facies): Adakitic, Felsic
- Lithofacies (Marginal facies): Adakitic - Calc-alkaline, Mafic
- Lithofacies: Quartz diorite, Granodiorite, Quartz monzonite
- Distribution (East-West): ca. 9 km
- Distribution (South-North): ca. 20 km
- Upper limit: Unconformity (Tamagawa Formation)
- Central facies
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- C1
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- C2
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- C4
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- C5
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- Marginal facies
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- Hornblende gabbro
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- M1
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- M2
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- M3
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- M4
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- [ Center ]
------ Transitional, ~~~~~~ Intrusive, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Tanohata city, Shimohei county, Iwate pref.; Hanjoshi - Sarusawa, Iwaizumi city, Shimohei county, Iwate pref.; Otanabe, Fudai city, Shimohei county, Iwate pref.
- Tsuchiya et al. (2008) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.114, Supplement, pp.159-179 DOI
- Shimazu et al. (1970) Geology of the Taro District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 54p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)
- Shimazu and Teraoka (1962) Rikuchu-Noda, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 53p. (in Japanese with English abstract 11p.)