Kasamoriyama Body

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Kasamoriyama Body

Type locality: Mount Kasamori, Mount Hayachine, Iwate prefecture
Ophiolite
Island arc ophiolite
Ordovician

Lithofacies: Serpentinite
Lithofacies (Minor): Amphibolite
Lithofacies (Protolith): Harzburgite, Dunite
Lithofacies (Protolith, Minor): Wehrlite

Distribution (Width): 100 - a few hundreds m
Distribution (Length): ca. 10 km

Nakadake Serpentinite
[ East ]
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Nakadake Body
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Kasamoriyama Body
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Yamayatoge Body
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[ West ]

Hayachine Complex
[ Upper ]
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Kagura Igneous Rocks
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Kuromoriyama Amphibolite
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Nakadake Serpentinite
?--?--?--?--?-
[ Lower ]

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

South Kitakami Belt (Kawai, Iwate pref.)
[ Upper ]
?--?--?--?--?-
Yakushigawa Formation
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Hayachine Complex
?--?--?--?--?-
[ Lower ]

South Kitakami Belt (Kamaishi, Iwate pref.)
[ Upper ]
?--?--?--?--?-
Nakawada Formation
/--/--/--/--/-
Kogawa Formation
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Senjogataki Formation
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Hayachine Complex
?--?--?--?--?-
[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Hisadenai river, Ohasama town, Hanamaki city, Iwate pref.; Mount Kasamori - Nagano pass, Mount Hayachine, Iwate pref.; Harasawa, Morioka city, Iwate pref.

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.)