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Horoman Body
- Orogenic lherzolite
- MHL suite: Upper mantle depleted to basaltic magma
- SDW suite: Cumulate rock
- BDH suite: Cumulate rock originated from boninite and high-Mg andesite
- Peridotite complex
- Plutonic rocks
- Refertilization / Partial melting of MORB mantle: Proterozoic (1.12 Ga, Os-Re; 0.83 GMa, Sm-Nd)
- Mantle metasomatism: Miocene (23.0 Ma, Rb-Sr; 20.6 Ma, Ar-Ar)
- Lithofacies: Dunite, Harzburgite, Spinel lherzolite, Plagioclase lherzolite, Pyroxenite
- Lithofacies (Minor): Mafic rocks
- Lithofacies (MHL suite): Harzburgite, Spinel lherzolite, Plagioclase lherzolite
- Lithofacies (SDW suite): Clinopyroxene-bearing spinel dunite
- Lithofacies (SDW suite, Minor): Wehrlite
- Lithofacies (BDH suite): Dunite, Harzburgite, Olivine orthopyroxenite
- Thickness: ca. 3,000 m
- Distribution (North to south): ca. 10 km
- Distribution (East to west): ca. 8 km
- Horoman Body
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- MHL suite
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- SDW suite
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- BDH suite
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------ Transitional, ~~~~~~ Intrusive, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Mount Apoi, Mount Pinneshiri, Horoman river, Mount Bozu, Hokkaido
- Takahashi et al. (2018) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.124, no.6, pp.399-411 DOI
- Niida and Takazawa (2007) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.113, Supplement, pp.167-184 DOI
- Osanai et al. (2007) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.113, Supplement, pp.29-50 DOI