Sedimentological, geochemical, and chronological analyses were carried out on 18 carbonate rock samples collected at depths of 938, 1085, 3354 m the western slope Minamitorishima (Marcus Island), which is located near margin Pacific Plate. Four groups rocks distinguished: a mollusk-rich limestone, coral-rich dolomite, foraminiferal-nannofossil packstone, phosphatized mudstone/wackestone. The li...