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Formation and Evolution of the Miocene Ipcheon Subbasin in Yangbuk-myeon, Gyeongju, SE Korea

한반도 남동부 경주시 양북면 마이오세 입천소분지의 형성과 발달사

  • Seong, Changhun (Department of Geological Sciences, Pusan National University) ;
  • Cheon, Youngbeom (Department of Geological Sciences, Pusan National University) ;
  • Son, Moon (Department of Geological Sciences, Pusan National University) ;
  • Sohn, Young Kwan (Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Kim, Jin-Seop (Department of Geological Sciences, Pusan National University)
  • 성창훈 (부산대학교 지질환경과학과) ;
  • 천영범 (부산대학교 지질환경과학과) ;
  • 손문 (부산대학교 지질환경과학과) ;
  • 손영관 (경상대학교 지구환경과학과) ;
  • 김진섭 (부산대학교 지질환경과학과)
  • Received : 2013.01.07
  • Accepted : 2013.02.21
  • Published : 2013.03.31
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Abstract

The Ipcheon Subbasin is an isolated Miocene basin in SE Korea, which has the geometry of an asymmetric graben elongated in the NE-SW direction. It is in contact with basement rocks by faults and separated from adjacent Waup and Eoil basins by the basement. The strata of the basin fills have an overall homoclinal structure, dipping toward NW or WNW. The basin fills consist of Early Miocene sediments rich in dacitic volcanic and volcaniclastic deposits and Middle Miocene non-volcanic and nonmarine conglomerates intercalated with sand layers, which are distributed in the northeastern and southwestern parts of the basin, respectively. Kinematic analysis of syndepositional conjugate faults in the basin fills indicates WNW-ESE extension of the basin. These features are very similar to those of the adjacent Waup and Eoil basins, indicating that the basin extension was governed by the NE-trending northwestern border faults and that the basin experienced a propagating rifting from NE to SW. Basaltic materials, which occur abundantly in the Eoil Basin, are totally absent in the Ipcheon Subbasin. The observations of the dacitic tuff and tuffaceous mudstone in the subbasin, on slabs and under microscope, suggest that they have lithologies very similar to those of the Yondongri Tuff in the Waup Basin. The Middle Miocene non-volcanic sediments of the Waup and Eoil basins and the Ipcheon Subbasin are distributed consistently in the southwestern part of each basin. It is thus concluded that the extension of the Ipcheon Subbasin began at about 22 Ma together with the Waup Basin and was lulled during the main extension period of the Eoil Basin between 20-18 Ma. At about 17 Ma, the subbasin was re-extended due to the activation of the Yeonil Tectonic Line associated with the propagating rifting toward SW. This event is interpreted to have provided new sedimentation space for the Middle Miocene sediments in the southwestern parts of the Waup and Eoil basins and the Ipcheon Subbasin as well.

입천소분지는 기반암과 단층으로 경계되며 북동 방향으로 길쭉한 형태의 비대칭 지구의 기하를 가지는 분지로 인근 와읍과 어일분지와는 기반암에 의해 격리되어 있는 독립된 소규모 마이오세 분지이다. 분지충전물의 층리는 대부분 북서 내지 서북서 방향으로 경사지며, 분지 북동부에는 데사이트질 화산물질을 다량 포함하는 전기 마이오세 퇴적물이 그리고 남서부에는 사암을 협재하는 비화산성 중기 마이오세 육성 역암이 분포한다. 또한 분지충전물 내 퇴적동시기 공액상 정단층들은 분지가 서북서-동남동 방향으로 확장하였음을 지시한다. 이러한 특징들은 인근 와읍 및 어일분지와 것들과 매우 유사한 것으로, 분지의 확장이 북서부 경계단층에 의해 주도되었으며 분지의 열개가 북서에서 남동으로 전파되었음을 지시한다. 한편, 입천소분지 내에는 어일분지에서 흔히 나타나는 현무암질 화산물질이 관찰되지 않는다. 슬랩과 경하관찰 결과, 입천소 분지의 데사이트질 응회암과 응회질 이암은 와읍분지의 용동리응회암과 매우 유사한 특징을 보인다. 중기 마이오세의 비화산성 퇴적층은 와읍과 어일분지 그리고 입천소분지에 공통적으로 분지의 남서부에 분포한다. 따라서 입천소분지의 확장은 22 Ma 경 와읍분지의 확장과 함께 시작되어 다량의 데사이트질 화산물질이 유입되었으며, 이후 어일분지의 주 확장시기인 20~18 Ma 사이에는 확장을 멈추었다가, 약 17 Ma에 이르러 연일 구조선의 운동과 함께 분지의 열개가 남서쪽으로 전파되면서 중기 마이오세 초의 연일층군에 해당하는 비화산성 역암이 분지의 남서부에 퇴적된 것으로 결론지어진다.

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