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Conodont Biostratigraphy of the Middle Carboniferous System in the Taebaek Area, Kangwondo, Korea (강원도 태백 지역의 중부 석탄계 코노돈트 생층서)

  • Park, Soo-In;Sun, Seung-Dae
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.558-570
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    • 2001
  • The Middle Carboniferous Manhang and Geumcheon Formations exposed in the Taebaek area, Kangwondo, Korea consist of sandstones and shales with some intercalation of limestone beds. The limestones of the formations contain abundant conodonts and other fossils. The purpose of this study is (1) to investigate the conodont fauna, (2) to assign conodont biozones of the Manhang and Geumcheon Formations, and (3) to refine their geologic age more exactly. The conodonts of the Manhang and Geumcheon Formations are 6 genera distributed into 11 species. Conodonts found from limestones of the Manhang Formation are Idiognathodus delicatus, Hindeodus minutus, Streptognathodus sp., Diplognathodus coloradoensis, N. bothorops, and N. medexultimus. This conodont fauna can be assigned to the Neognathodus bothrops Zone. This conodont biozone indicates that the geologic age of the Manghang Formation is the Atokan stage of the Middle Carboniferous Period. Conodonts came from limestones of the Geumcheon Formation are Idiognathodus delicatus, N. medexultimus, N. roundyi, N. dilatus, Diplognathodus edentulus, Hindeodus minutus, Streptognathodus elegantulus, and Gondolella bella. These conodonts permit them to be assigned to the Neognathodus roundyi Zone. This Conodont biozone indicates that the geologic age of the Geumcheon Formation is the Desmoinesian stage of the Middle Carboniferous Period.

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Conodont Fauna and Its Paleoecology of the Middle Carboniferous System in Taebaek Area, Gangwon, Korea (강원도 태백 지역의 중기 석탄계의 코노돈트와 고생태)

  • Park, Soo-In;Oh, Jae-Kyung
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.337-348
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    • 2000
  • The Middle Carboniferous Manhang and Geumcheon formations in Taebaek area consist of sandstones, shales, and limestones. The limestones of the formations contain abundant conodonts, fusulinids, crinoids, brachiopods, bryozoans, corals, etc. This study was carried out to investigate the microfacies of limestones and conodont faunas of the formations and to determine their paleoecology in detail. The limestones of the Manhang and Geumcheon formations of the study area consist of wackestone and packstone which are composed of crinoid fragments and other various fossil fragments. Some limestone beds of the Geumcheon Formation consist of only Chaetetes corals which indicate that the limestones deposited in a warm shallow sea. Conodonts found from limestones of the Manhang Formation are Neognathodus bothrops, N. medexultimus, Hindeodus minutus, Diplognathodus coloradoensis, D. edentulus, Idiognathodus delicatus, Streptognathodus elegantulus, and S. sp. And conodonts found from the limestones of the Geumcheon Formation are Neognathodus medexultimus, N. roundyi, N. dilatus, Gondolella bella, Diplognathodus coloradoensis, D. edentulus, Hindeodus minutus, Idiognathodus delicatus, and Streptognathodus elegantulus. Among these conodonts, Diplognathodus coloradoensis, D. edentulus, and Hindeodus minutu, are found generally from limestones which deposited in the shallow seas. According to the limestone facies and conodont faunas of the Manhang and Geumcheon formations of the study area, it can be concluded that the limestones of the formations deposited in the shallow sea.

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강원도 삼척시 신기리 일대에 분포하는 중기 석탄기 금천층에서 발견되는 코노돈트와 해면동물

  • Park, Su-In;Jeong, Ui-Wan;O, Jeong-Sik;Lee, Seung-Won;Hong, Dan-Bi
    • 한국지구과학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2004.02a
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    • pp.60-70
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    • 2004
  • 강원도 삼척시 신기리 일대에는 중기 석탄기의 금천층이 분포하며, 38번 국도변과 계성농장부근에는 회색 석회암 노두가 잘 발달되어 있다. 이 연구는 금천층의 석회암에서 산출되는 코노돈트와 Chaetetids를 조사하였다. 금천층의 석회암에서 발견된 코노돈트는 Idiognathodus delicatus, Diplognathodus edentulus, Streptognathodus elegantulus, Neognathodus roundyi, Hindeodus minutus 등 총 5속 5종이다. 이들 코노돈트 중 Idiognathodus가 가장 풍부하게 발견된다. 이들 코노돈트는 중기 석탄기를 지시하는 대표적인 표준화석이다. 연구 지역의 최상부 석회암층에서는 해면동물의 일종인 Chaetetella 화석이 발견된다. 이 화석은 얕은 바다 환경에서 쌓인 석회암에서 흔히 발견되는 점을 고려할 때 금천층의 석회암은 천해 환경에서 생성된 것으로 여겨진다. 특히, 이번 연구에서 발견된 해면동물 화석은 금천층 최상부 석회암에서 발견되어 앞으로 금천층과 장성층의 경계를 결정하는데 중요한 화석으로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

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Late Tremadocian Radiolarian Faunas and Biostratigraphy of the Cow Head Group, Western Newfoundland, Canada (뉴파운드랜드 Cow Head Group에서 발견한 후기 Tremadocian 방산충 군집과 생층서대 재정립에 관한 연구)

  • Won, Mun-Zu;Iams, William J.;Reed, Katherine M.
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.497-540
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    • 2007
  • Late Tremadocian radiolarian faunas were first recovered from the Cow Head Group, Newfoundland, Canada. Three faunal assemblages were recognized, one from Martin Point and two from Western Brook Pond in Gros Morne National Park. These radiolarian faunas include six families, 11 genera, and 26 species. In these faunas, six genera (Archeoproventocitum, Cowheadia, Neopalaeospiculum, Protospongentactinia, Protoproventocitum and Westernbrookia) and 17 species (Archeoproventocitum nudiformum, A. retiformum, Aspiculum densum, A. jamesi, A. multistratum, A. gigantium, Cowheadia duplextesta, Neopalaeospiculum densum, N. laxum, N. transformum, Pararcheoentactinia stilla, Protospongentactinia spongiosa, Protoproventocium nazarovii, P. aitchisoni, Westernbrookia cancella, W. diversa, and W. ovata) are new. Late Tremadocian faunas are characterized by the appearance of proventocitiids and diversification of aspiculumids and reduction of protoentactiniids and echidniniids that had flourished in the early Tremadocian faunas. An examination of the biostratigraphic range of co-occurring conodonts indicates that the radiolarian faunas described here belong to the late Tremadocian, from the Lower Diversity Interval through the M. dianae Zone to the lower P. proteus Zone. With the recovery of conodonts of the R. manitouensis Zone from other localities in the study area, the correlation among Martin Point, Western Brook Pond, Broom Point, and St. Paul's Inlet strata has became more precise. Also, the middle and late Tremadocian Cow Head Group can be subdivided into the R. manitouensis Zone, the Low Diversity Interval, and the M. dianae Zone of North America. The lower P. proteus Zone of the latest Tremadocian for northern Europe is recognized in the Western Brook Pond South section.

Distribution and Stratigraphical Significance of the Haengmae Formation in Pyeongchang and Jeongseon areas, South Korea (평창-정선 일대 "행매층"의 분포와 층서적 의의)

  • Kim, Namsoo;Choi, Sung-Ja;Song, Yungoo;Park, Chaewon;Chwae, Ueechan;Yi, Keewook
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.53 no.4
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    • pp.383-395
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    • 2020
  • The stratigraphical position of the Haengmae Formation can provide clues towards solving the hot issue on the Silurian formation, also known as Hoedongri Formation. Since the 2010s, there have been several reports denying the Haengmae Formation as a lithostratigraphic unit. This study aimed to clarify the lithostratigraphic and chronostratigraphic significance of the Haengmae Formation. The distribution and structural geometry of the Haengmae Formation were studied through geologic mapping, and the correlation of relative geologic age and the absolute age was performed through conodont biostratigraphy and zircon U-Pb dating respectively. The representative rock of the Haengmae Formation is massive and yellow-yellowish brown pebble-bearing carbonate rocks with a granular texture similar to sandstone. Its surface is rough with a considerable amount of pores. By studying the mineral composition, contents, and microstructure of the rocks, they have been classified as pebble-bearing clastic rocks composed of dolomite pebbles and matrix. They chiefly comprise of euhedral or subhedral dolomite, and rounded, well-sorted fine-grained quartz, which are continuously distributed in the study area from Biryong-dong to Pyeongan-ri. Bedding attitude and the thickness of the Haengmae Formation are similar to that of the Hoedongri Formation in the north-eastern area (Biryong-dong to Haengmae-dong). The dip-direction attitudes were maintained 340°/15° from Biryong-dong to Haengmae-dong with a thickness of ca. 200 m. However, around the southwest of the studied area, the attitude is suddenly changed and the stratigraphic sequence is in disorder because of fold and thrust. Consequently, the formation is exposed to a wide low-relief area of 1.5 km × 2.5 km. Zircon U-Pb age dating results ranged from 470 to 449 Ma, which indicates that the Haengmae Formation formed during the Upper Ordovician or later. The pebble-bearing carbonate rock consisted of clastic sediments, suggesting that the Middle Ordovician conodonts from the Haengmae Formation must be reworked. Therefore, the above-stated evidence supports that the geologic age of the Haengmae Formation should be Upper Ordovician or later. This study revealed that the Haengmae Formation is neither shear zone, nor an upper part of the Jeongseon Limestone, and is also not the same age as the Jeongseon Limestone. Furthermore, it was confirmed that the Haengmae Formation should be considered a unit of lithostratigraphy in accordance with the stratigraphic guide of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS).