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Marine Geophysical Constraints on the Origin and Evolution of Ulleung Basin and the Seamounts in the East Sea (울릉분지와 동해 해산의 기원과 발달과정에 대한 해양지구물리학적 연구)

  • Kim Jinho;Park Soo-chul;Kang Moo-hee;Kim Kyong-O;Han Hyun-chul
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.38 no.6 s.175
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    • pp.643-656
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    • 2005
  • The East Sea, a marginal sea or back-arc basin, consists of Japan Basin, Yamato Basin, and Ulleung Basin and is surrounded by the Pacific Plate and Philippine Sea Plate. Ulleung Basin locates in the southwestern part of the East Sea and shows the depth of 1,500 m in average and 2,500 m in maximum, connecting to the Japan Basin along 2,000 m contour. The slope of the seafloor is greater in the western side of the basin than in the southern and the eastern side. The crustal thickness of the Ulleung Basin from the OBS tends to get thicker toward the north and the west side and the sediment thickness of the Ulleung Basin is getting thicker toward the southeast side and reaches up to 12 km. The crustal type of the Ulleung Basin was variously suggested as like as a rifted continental crust, an extended continental crust, and an incipient oceanic trust. The origin of the crustal formation and the Ulleung Basin, however, is still controversial. Based on the bathymetry and gravtiy anomaly data for this study, the axis of the Ulleung Basin shows that the basin develops along the axis trending NW-SE direction and reveals a general symmetry of the bathymetry. And also the free-air gravity anomalies show a very similar pattern to the bathymetry of the basin. The sediment thickness is relatively thicker in the southeastern side of the basin than in the northwestern side. Although the crustal age of the Ulleung Basin is supposed to be younger than them of the Japan Basin and the Yamato Basin, the free-air gravity anomalies of the Ulleung Basin ranging -40 to 50 mGals are lower than the other basins, which suggests that the densities of crust and sediment of the Ulleng Basin are lower than the Japan Basin and the Yamato Basin.

Tectonics, sedimentation, and magmatism of the Cretaceous Gyeongsang (Kyongsang) Basin, Korea: Integrated approach to defining basin history and event mineralization

  • Chang, Ryu-In;Park, Seon-Gyu;Meen, Wee-Soo;Lee, Sang-Yeol
    • Proceedings of the KSEEG Conference
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    • 2003.04a
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    • pp.27-31
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    • 2003
  • During the past decade, integrated stratigraphy has been effectively applied to many sedimentary basins to analyze stratigraphic response to tectonic evolution. This application has been beneficial to hydrocarbon exploration in the basins because it provides a better understanding of temporal and spatial relationships of hydrocarbon source and reservoir rocks as a function of basin evolution. Like the maturation, migration, and trapping of hydrocarbons, ore-forming processes in hydrothermal deposits may be causally linked to particular phases of basin evolution. Consequently, applying integrated stratigraphy to mineral exploration may be a logical and helpful approach to understanding ore-forming processes and predicting their occurrence, location, and origin. (omitted)

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Geochemical and Isotopic Studies of the Cretaceous Igneous Rocks in the Yeongdong basin, Korea: Implications for the origin of magmatism in a pull-apart basin

  • H. Sagong;S.T. Kwon;C.S. Cheong;Park, S. H.
    • Proceedings of the Mineralogical Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2001.06a
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    • pp.95-95
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    • 2001
  • The Yeongdong basin is one of the pull-apart basins in the southwestern part of the Korean Peninsula that has developed during Cretaceous sinistal fault movement. The bimodal igneous activities (basalts and rhyolites) in the basin appear to be closely associated with the basin development. Here, we discuss the origin of the igneous rocks using chemical and radiogenic isotope data. Basaltic (48.4-52.7 wt% SiO$_2$) and rhyolitic (70.3-70.8 wt% SiO$_2$) rocks are slightly alkalic in a total alkali-silica diagram. The rhyolitic rocks with have unusually high K$_2$O contents (5.2-6.0 wt%). The basaltic rocks show an overall pattern of within-plate basalt in a MORB-normalized spider diagram, but have distinct negative anomaly of Nb, which indicates a significant amount of crustal component in the magma. The basaltic rocks plot within the calc-alkaline basalt field in the Hf/3-Th-Ta and Y/l5-La/10-Nb/8 discrimination diagrams. The eNd(T) values of the basaltic rocks (-13.6 to 14.3) are slightly higher than those of the rhyolitic rocks (-14.1 to 15.2), and the initial Sr isotopic ratios of the former (0.7085-0.7093) are much lower than those of the latter (0.7140-0.7149). However, the initial Nd and Sr isotope ratios of the igneous rocks in the Yeongdong basin are similar to those of the nearby Cretaceous igneous rocks in the Okcheon belt. The Pb isotope ratios plot within the field of Mesozoic granitoids outside of the Gyeongsang basin in Pb-Pb correlation diagrams. Since a basaltic magma requires the mantle source, the enriched isotopic signatures and negative Nb anomaly of the basaltic rocks suggest two possibilities for their origin: enriched mantle lithospheric source, or depleted mantle source with significant amount of crustal contamination. However, we prefer the first possibility since it would be difficult for a basaltic magma to maintain its bulk composition when it is significantly contaminated with granitic crustal material. The slightly more enriched isotopic signatures of rhyolitic rocks also suggest two possibilities: differentiate of the basaltlc magma with some crustal contamination, or direct partial melting of the lower crust. Much larger exposed volume of the rhyolitic rocks, compared with the basaltic rocks, indicates the latter possibility more favorable.

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Naming of Undersea Features in the East Sea (동해 해저지형의 명명)

  • Kwon, Youg-Rak;Choi, Jing-Yong
    • Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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    • v.41 no.5 s.116
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    • pp.623-629
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    • 2006
  • At present, 3 names about undersea features in the East Sea - Korean Plateau, Tsushima Basin, Syun-yo Bank - are listed on Gazetteer Any explanations are not given for registration of these names. Just it seems that the names written on International marine chart(INT 511) were recorded to Gazetteer. Furthermore Tsushima Basin and Syun-yo Bank have no oceanographic, geologic reason and geographical relevance, and the names should be replaced by Ulleung Basin and Isabu Tablemount, respectively, that is deeply related to geographical relevance and genetic origin.

Sulfate Reduction and Origin of Organic Matter in the Ulleung Basin, East Sea (동해 울릉분지에서의 황산염 환원작용과 유기물의 기원)

  • Park Myong-Ho;Kim Ji-Hoon;Ryu Byong-Jae;Kim Il-Soo;Lee Youngju;Chang Ho-Wan
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.38 no.3 s.172
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    • pp.335-346
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    • 2005
  • In this study, core sediments and pore water were analysed to identify the origin of organic matter and Bas in late Quaternary sediments from the northwestern Ulleung Basin of the East Sea. C/N and C/S ratios in the sediments show that the organic matter in the study area originated predominantly from marine algae. However, the results of Rock-Eval pyrolysis indicate that the organic matter has an origin of the land-plant (Type III), locating in the immature stage. These different results might be due to the heavy oxidizing of the organic matter during sinking down to the seafloor or after deposition in the sediments. Concentration of sulfate in the pore water decreases gradually with core depth, while concentration of $CH_4$ increases gradually with core depth. This indicates that sulfate reduction and methanogenesis occurred actively in the sediments. Also, it is likely that the compositions of $CH_4$ are characterized as a more biogenic origin, mostly caused by microbial activity, rather than a thermogenic one.

Estimation of te origin through Disposable Lighters Monitoring of the nakdong River Esturary Using GIS (GIS을 활용한 낙동강 하구 해안의 일회용라이터 모니터링을 통한 발생지 추정)

  • Kim, Young-Min;Jang, Seon-Woong;Yoon, Hong-Joo
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.10 no.6
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    • pp.729-736
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    • 2015
  • In this study, It was analyzed to estimate the origin from the collected disposable lighters with the printed company name and telephone number on the surface. Monitoring was done bimonthly from 2 areas of sandbar Coastline of Nakdong River Estuary(Jinu-do, Shinja-do) and 3 areas(Doomo beach, Heungnam beach, Yeocha beach) of Northeastern coast of Geoje-do. As a result of the monitoring, there were 166 lighters collected. Then, the monthly occurrence amount was concentrated in Jun, August. The origin of Disposable lighters that flowed in study area were mostly cause to the Nakdong River basin region and the coastal area where population densities are high.

Study on Density Discontinuous Layers of the Kunsan Basin in the Yellow Sea Using Satellite Altimetry Gravity Data (인공위성 해면고도계 중력자료를 이용한 황해 군산분지의 밀도 불연속면에 대한 연구)

  • Kim, Kyong-O;Oh, Jae-Ho
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.40 no.6
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    • pp.751-759
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    • 2007
  • To better understand the subsurface geological structure of the Kunsan Basin in the Yellow Sea, the mean depths of the density discontinuous layers (DDLs) of the Kunsan Basin were calculated by power spectrum analysis using satellite altimetry gravity data. The calculated mean depths of DDLs were -1.1km, -3.4km, -9.1km and -31.0km. The mean depth of -1.1km DDL was interpreted as regional unconformity shown in about 1 second in two way travel time (TWTT) in the seismic reflection profiles, and the mean depth of -3.4km DDL was also interpreted as top of the acoustic basement in the seismic reflection profiles. Comparing with well data, seismic reflection profiles and regional geology in the study area, the mean depth of -9.1km DDL was interpreted as top of the igneous origin basement. This means that the acoustic basement of the study area is composed mainly of sediments which are disregarded in previous study. The mean depth of -31.0km DDL was interpreted as the Moho discontinuity because this mean depth is similar to one of the normal continental crust thickness. The detection of top of the igneous origin basement suggests that oil gas potential analysis in Kunsan Basin needs to be extended to the deeper part of sediments (acoustic basement).

Tectonic and magmatic development of Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea

  • Lee, Sang-Muk
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.06a
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    • pp.209-210
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    • 2006
  • The Bismarck Sea represent a unique region in the equatorial western Pacific where one can explore the relationship between tectonic and magmatic processes associated with back-arc opening. The sea, located north of Papua New Guinea and just south of the equator, formed during the final stages of a long, complex geological development of the Melanesian Borderland. The development resulted from the Cenozoic convergence between the Australian and Pacific- Caroline Plates and the opening of back-arc basins. At present, the Bismarck Sea straddles two oppositely facing trenches, the inactive Manus trench and the active New Britain trench, and covers two basins, the New Guinea Basin (NGB) to the west and the Manus Basin (MB) to the east. The two basins are separated by the shallow Willaumez-Manus Rise (WMR), which trends roughly from WNW to ESE. The origin of these major structural units and their relationship with the presentday zone of major seismicity along the Bismarck Sea Seismic Lineation (BSSL) remains unclear and is the main focus of our study.

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