H3 Andesite Member

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H3 Andesite Member

Type locality: Kubi - Okitomo, Yutaka town, Kure city, Hiroshima prefecture
Volcanic rocks
Late Cretaceous
Correlation: Kubi Formation

Lithofacies: Andesite welded crystalline tuff

Thickness: ca. 50 - 380 m
Distribution (East - West): ca. 8 km
Upper limit: Conformity (H4 Dacite Member)
Lower limit: Conformity (H2 Rhyolite Member), Unonformity (H1 Breccia Member)

Haigamine Formation
[ Upper ]
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H8 Dacite Member
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H7 Rhyolite Member
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H6 Dacite Member
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H5 Rhyolite Member
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H4 Dacite Member
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H3 Andesite Member
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H2 Rhyolite Member
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H1 Breccia Member
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[ Lower ]

Takada Rhyolites (Kure, Hiroshima pref.)
[ Upper ]
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Norosan Welded Tuff
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Haigamine Formation
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Osakishimojima island - Toyoshima island - Ocho, Kure city, Hiroshima pref.

Matsuura (2001) Geology of the Mitsu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 58p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)