Oshima Mountain Creation

Japanese: 大島造山 - おおしまぞうざん
Oshima Mountain Creation

…These strata and granites from before the Early Cretaceous Period are covered by a significant tilt unconformity, and the Miyako Group from the mid-Cretaceous Period is distributed on the Rikuchu coast. The crustal movement indicated by this tilt unconformity is called the Oshima orogeny. [Hisashi Yoshida] …

*Some of the terms mentioned in relation to the "Oshima Mountain Construction" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これら白亜紀前期以前の地層および花コウ岩を著しい傾斜不整合で覆って,白亜紀中ごろの宮古層群が陸中海岸に分布する。この傾斜不整合で示される地殻変動は大島造山とよばれる。【吉田 尚】。…

※「大島造山」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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