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Ter- 
tiary, 

| Permo-Mesozoic. 
Upper 
boniferous. 
| Car 

W6n-ho conglomerate. 
Unconformity. 
Sin-t’ai formation. 
Tw 

PMs 
——-,Unconformity ?—— 
Shan-si. 
Po-shan formation. 
Cp 
——|Unconformity.—— 

Ordovician. 
Cambrian. 
Tsi-nan limestone. 
Sinian. 

g. Ch’au-mi-tién 
5 limestone. 
on es 
=| Ku-shan shale 
S 
3 | Ch’ang-hia 
iZ | limestone. 
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Man-t’o shale. 

—!Unconformity, —— 
T’ai-shan complex. 
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Feet. 
Meters. 
Present land surface. 

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0-45 

Coarse conglomerate of limestone 
pebbles and blocks. 
Massive red clays with seams of 
coarse conglomerate and sometimes 
of limestone. 

Sandy gray shale and thin strata of 
sandstone. 

760 

Red earthy sandstone strongly cross- 
bedded. (Contact not observed.) 
Shales and sandstone of yellow, brown, 
gray, and black colors, with local 
basalt flows. 
Coal seams and black limestone in 
dark shales. 
Dark dolomitic limestone in massive 
strata. 
Occasional thin layers of argillaceous 
gray limestone and calcareous shale. 
Gray impure limestone with local 
shale and crystalline dolomite. 

Massive blue-gray limestone. 

Green shales and thin limestones. 




seis: Ga e 0 fete 5,450 to 
6,080 

| 
Fic. 1.—GENERALIZED SECTION OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF WESTERN SHAN-TUNG, 
Gray or dark limestone partly oolitic; 
more or less replaced by green shale. 
Shales of brown, maroon, red, and 
yellow colors, with thin seams of 
gray and buff limestone. 

1650 to 
1845 
Gneisses and schists intruded by 
granite. 


