H8 Dacite Member

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H8 Dacite Member

Invalid synonym: upper Haigamine Formation

Type locality: Mount Haigamine - Nikyukyo valley, Kure city, Hiroshima prefecture
Volcanic rocks
Late Cretaceous

Lithofacies: Hornblende biotite dacite welded crystalline tuff

Thickness: 100 - 150 m
Distribution (East - West): ca. 12 km
Upper limit: Abut unconformity (Norosan Welded Tuff)
Lower limit: Conformity (H7 Rhyolite 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: Mitsuguchi - Nikyukyo valley, 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.)
Higashimoto et al. (1985) Geology of the Kure District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 93p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)