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Babame Dolerite Inoue, 1960

• Type locality: Motai, Noshiro city, Akita prefecture
• Volcanic rocks
• Sills, Dykes
• Miocene (simultaneous to Onnagawa Formation)
• Intruded in: Onnagawa Formation, Sunagobuchi Formation, Oyana Formation, Kanotsume Formation, Hatamura Formation, Sugota Formation, Gongenyama Formation

• Lithofacies: Olivine dolerite, Augite olivine dolerite, Augite dolerite

• Distribution (Width): 1 m - 2 km or wider
• Distribution (Length): 0 - 8 km or longer

• Distribution: Babame river, Gojome city, Minamiakita county, Akita pref.; Nibetsu, Akita city, Akita pref.

• Ozawa et al. (1981) Geology of the Taiheizan District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 69p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)
• Huzioka et al. (1977) Geology of the Akita District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 69p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)
• Ozawa et al. (1977) Geology of the Honjo District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 54p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)