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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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Short-term changes of community structure of microbenthic invertebrates in the coastal waters Jeju Island, Korea from 2013 to 2015 (제주연안 저서무척추동물 군집구조의 단기변화 (2013-2015))

  • Ko, Jun-Cheol;Kim, Bo-Yeon;Sonh, Myoung-Ho;Jo, Woon-Chan;Lee, Kwan-Cheol
    • The Korean Journal of Malacology
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.297-328
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    • 2016
  • This study was performed to know and compare the community structures of macrobenthic invertebrates of five fishing grounds in the coastal waters of Jeju Island from 2013 to 2015. A total of 629 species was identified. Molluscans comprised 282 species (44.8%), Arthropods 88 (14.0%), Poriferans 61 (9.7%), Bryozoans 52 (8.3%) and the others including Cnidarians 51 (8.1%). Density and biomass were estimated to be $71,007ind./m^2$ and $599,208.0gwwt/m^2$, respectively. Gastropods was the most dominant taxon in terms of abundance ($24,625ind./m^2$ ) and number of species as well, and Gastropods was predominant in biomass ($190,789.0gwwt/m^2$). The dominant species were Omphalius pfeifferi, Astralium haematragum, Musculus viridulus, Halosydna brevisetosa, Phascolosoma scolops, Herdmania monus in 5-20 m. Based on the cluster analysis, the study area could be divided into five station groups. The biodiversity, evenness and richness index appeared as follows: H' = 4.28-4.64, E' = 0.74-0.79, R = 33.17-35.45. The dominance index were highest in Sagye and lowest in Sinhung.

Distribution and Origin of Carbonate Sediments near Dok Island: Preliminary Study (독도주변 탄산염퇴적물의 분포와 성인: 예비조사 결과)

  • Woo, Kyug-Sik;Ji, Hyo-Seon;Kim, Lyoun;Jeon, Jin-A;Park, Jae-Suk;Park, Heung-Sik;Kim, Dong-Seon;Park, Chan-Hong
    • The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.171-180
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    • 2009
  • Based on the constituent analysis of sediments near Dok Island, the origin and sedimentary facies were Investigated. The sediments are mainly from originated from volcanic and volcaniclastic rock fragments derived from Dok Island and carbonate sediments formed by a variety of shallow-dwelling organisms that secreted calcareous skeletons. Carbonate producers include mollusks (bivalves and gastropods), encrusting & branching bryozoans, encrusting & segmented red algae, worm tubes, barnacles, diatoms, sponge spicules and echinoderm fragments. The distribution and relative amount of these constituents are basically dependent upon water depth and grain size even though local variations can be observed within the same depth interval. Five sedimentary facies can be divided: nearshore facies (<20 m), neritic facies ($20{\sim}100m$), upper transitional facies ($100{\sim}200m$), lower transitional facies ($200{\sim}700m$), and hemipelagic facies (>700 m). The sediments that were sampled below the water depth of 2,000 m still contain a significant amount of carbonates (ca. $10{\sim}20%$), implying that the carbonate compensation depth in the East Sea may well exceed this water depth.