• 자원환경지질
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.65-88
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• 1982

In the last ten years, marine geological and geophysical survey and research were conducted by Japanese, Russian and American scientists in the East Sea of Korea (Japan Sea). Many research results were published. However, regional research of the geology of the continental margin of the Korean Peninsula was not conducted. This study has made on attempt to classify submarine strata and stratigraphic boundaries. The study has revealed characters of submarine geology and structure. Isopach maps of each identified stratigraphic unit have been constructed as the results of this study. The study was conducted on the basis of analyses of marine seismic surveys carried out in the continental margin of the East Sea between Kangneung and Pohang. Three depositional basins were identified in the study area and they were named as, Mukho Basin, Hupo Basin and Pohang Basin. The Mukho Basin is developed in continental slope and shelf in the area between Kangneung and Samcheog. Quaternary and Pliocene sediments attain a maximum thickness of 900 m. Basement rocks are interpreted as granite and gneiss. They are correlated with granite-gneiss of the Taebaecksan Series of Pre-cambrian age and the Daebo granite of Jurassic age. The Hupo Basin is developed in the continental shelf between Uljin and Youngdeok. Quaternary and Pliocene sediments attain a maximum thickness of 600 m. Basement rocks were interpreted as granite and gneiss and they are correlated with metamorphic rocks of Pre-cambrian age and the Daebo granites, comprising the Ryongnam Massif. The Pohang Basin is developed in the area between Pohang and Gangu. This basin contains Miocene and older sediments. Basement rocks are not shown. Many faults are developed within the continental shelf and slope. These faults strike parallel with the coast line. A north-south direction is predominant in the southern study area. However, in the northern study area the faults strike north, and north-west. The faults are parallel to each other and are step faults down-thrown to the east or west, forming horst and graben structures which develop into sedimentary basins. Such faults caused the development of submarine banks along the boundary between the continental shelf and slope. This bank has acted as a barrier for deposition in the Hupo Basin. Paleozoic sedimentary rocks distributed widely in the adjacent land area are absent in the Mukho Basin. This suggests that the area of the basin was situated above the sea level until the Pliocene time. The study area contains Pliocene sediments in general. These sediments overlie the basement complex composed of metamorphic rocks, granites, Cretaceous (Kyongsang System) sedimentary rocks and Miocene sedimentary rocks. These facts lead to a conclusion that the continental shelf and slope of the study area were developed as a result of displacements along faults oriented parallel to the present coast line in the post Miocene time.

• 광물과 암석
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.175-183
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• 2020

한반도 3개 해역 중 동해 퇴적물의 점토광물에 관한 연구는 고환경 변화 측면에서의 일부 연구 외에는 거의 이루어진 바가 없다. 이번 연구에서는 2017년부터 2019년까지 강릉-동해 해역에서 상자형 시료채취기를 이용하여 채취한 120개 퇴적물 시료에 대한 점토광물 특성과 분포 상태를 바탕으로 기원지를 추정하였다. 점토광물 함량은 일라이트, 녹니석, 카올리나이트, 스멕타이트 순으로 풍부하다. 수심 150 m 이하의 대륙붕 퇴적물은 대륙사면 퇴적물에 비하여 녹니석과 카올리나이트 함량은 많고 일라이트 결정도는 좋은데 반하여 일라이트와 스멕타이트 함량과 S/I 지수는 작다. 대륙붕 퇴적물의 경우 강릉 쪽은 녹니석 함량이 많고, 동해 쪽은 카올리나이트 함량이 많은데 이것은 육상 지질을 반영한 것으로 여겨진다. 이와 같은 점토광물의 여러 특징은 대륙붕 퇴적물과 대륙사면 퇴적물의 기원지가 다른 것을 시사한다. 대륙붕 퇴적물은 주변 하천을 통하여 유입되었고, 대륙사면 퇴적물은 해류에 의하여 남쪽으로부터 이동된 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.208-214
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• 1999

동해안 감포 외해역 대륙붕 정점과 대륙사면 정점에서 퇴적층에 도래한 유기물의 보존도를 비교 파악하기 위해 퇴적물 시료를 얻었다. 공극수 영양염 및 총이산화탄소 농도는 모두 대륙사면 정점보다 대륙붕 정점에서 높았다. 반면, 공극수 황산염 농도는 대륙사변 정점보다 대륙붕 정점에서 퇴적깊이 증가에 따라 더 급격히 감소하였다. 퇴적물내 유기탄소 및 질소 함량은 대륙붕 정점에서 퇴적깊이 증가에 따라 더 급격히 감소하였으며, 함량 자체도 대륙사면 정점에 비하여 더 적었다. 이와 감은 공극수 용존화학종 농도자료 및 퇴적물내 유기물 함량자료는 대륙사면 정점보다 대륙붕 정점에서 유기물의 분해가 더 활발히 진행되고 있음을 시사한다. 따라서, 적어도 본 조사해역에서는 퇴적물내 유기물이 대륙붕 보다는 대륙사면에서 더 효과적으로 보존되는 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.144-150
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• 1999

Slope sedimentation on the modern west Florida continental margin is controlled by pelagic carbonate accumulation and off-shelf sedimentation of neritic carbonates and terrigenous fines. Production and deposition of pelagic carbonates by planktonic foraminifera and coccoliths have played a significant role in the total slope sedimentation and are mainly promoted by sea-surface productivity. Organic carbon data reflect the relatively high biological productivity in surface waters, indicating high accumulation of biogenic calcareous sediments. The surface-water productivity in the study area is supported by the relation among microfossil assemblages, carbonate mineralogy and sedimentary organic carbon.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.201-211
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• 2003

Bottom simulating reflectors (BSR), representing the base of the gas hydrate stability field, are widespread on the South Shetland continental margin (SSM), Antarctic Peninsula. With the phase diagram fur the gas hydrate stability field, heat flow can be derived from the BSR depth beneath the seafloor determined on multichannel seismic profiles. The heat flow values in the study area range from $50mW/m^2$ to $85mW/m^2$, averaging to $65mW/m^2$. Small deviation from the average heat flow values suggests that heat flow regime of the study area is relatively stable. The landward decrease of heat flow from the South Shetland Trench to the continental shelf would be attributed to the landward thickening of the accretionary prism and the upward advection of heat associated with fluid expulsion. The continental slope 1500m to 3000m deep, where BSRs are most distinguished in the SSM, shows relatively large variation of heat flow possibly due to complex tectonic activities in the study area. The local high heat flow anomalies observed along the slope may be caused by heat transport mechanisms along a NW-SE trending large-scale fault.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.131-146
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• 2014

울릉분지 남서부의 대륙붕-대륙사면 해저지형과 지질 특성을 규명하고, 이들에 영향을 주는 지질학적 요인을 파악하기 위하여 다중빔 음향측심자료와 표층퇴적물 입도를 분석하였다. 연구지역의 대륙붕은 약 ($0.5^{\circ}$의 경사로 수심 100 m 이내에서 나타나는 내대륙붕과 약 $0.2^{\circ}$의 경사로 수심 100-300 m 이내에서 나타나는 외대륙붕으로 구분할 수 있다. 대륙사면에는 다양한 규모(~121 $km^2$)와 경사(최대 $24.3^{\circ}$)를 갖는 8개의 사면붕괴 지형이 관찰된다. 각 사면붕괴 지형은 서로 인접해 있으며, 해저 지진과 전지구적 해수면 변동의 강한 영향 하에서 연속적으로 발생된 해저사태 기원으로 추정된다. 내대륙붕과 대륙사면은 세립질 퇴적물이 우세하지만, 외대륙붕은 조립질 퇴적물이 우세하다. 표층퇴적물 분포양상은 해수면 변동으로 인한 영향을 주로 받은 것으로 해석된다. 외대륙붕은 저해수면 시기 동안 퇴적된 조립질 잔류 퇴적물로, 내대륙붕은 고해수면 시기동안 퇴적된 현생의 세립 퇴적물로 피복되어 있다. 대륙사면의 표층퇴적물은 저해수면 시기에도 깊은 수심에서 반원양성 대류작용으로 공급된 세립퇴적물로 구성된다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.59-69
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• 2014

The long-term mooring performed at a KOGA station, located at about $30^{\circ}20^{\prime}N$, $126^{\circ}12^{\prime}E$ in the East China Sea shelf, shows some different behaviors between "semi-diurnal" and "diurnal currents" defined as the currents with periods around, respectively, a half day and a day. They appear to be predominantly tidal having significant coherences with sea level changes around the semi-diurnal and diurnal frequencies. The "semi-diurnal current" is strongly barotropic all year round. However, contrastingly, it is largely baroclinic in summer in the area about 70 km nearer to the continental slope, referred to as the "slope-area", as was found in previous current observations. The "diurnal current" of tidal origin is strongly barotropic in winter. In spring and summer, however, it becomes more baroclinic although it still remains largely barotropic, also showing more of its barotropic nature than in the "slope-area". The inertial oscillation contributing to the "diurnal current" appears to be more prominent when the current is baroclinic, indicating the important role played by stratification in generation of inertial oscillations. Downward energy propagation of inertial oscillation is not observed, suggesting that it is not created at the surface by wind. Considering that the study area is both near a critical latitude and proximity to the continental slope, it is suggested that parametric subharmonic instability (PSI) plays a significant role in creating the baroclinic inertial oscillation.

• 한국해양학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.36-48
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• 1990

본 연구는 동해의 대륙붕 및 대륙사면에서의 다모류 군집의 종 조성과 분포을 알 기 위해 수행되었다. 다모류의 채집은 1985년 4월에 1987년 4월, 10월의 3회의 항해 동안 이루어졌다. 채집된 다모류는 총 36과 112 종이었으며, 우점다모류는 Chaetozone setosa, Aglaophanus malmgrent Ampharete arctica Lerchellules horikoshii, Tharyx sp., 와 Magelona pacifica 등이었다. 본 조사지역의 다모류 군집에 대한 주요 기여종 들은 복반부의 냉수종들이었다. 특히 우점종들은 대륙붕에서부터 대륙사면 상부 혹은 중부에서 주로 분포하며, 특정 서식 깊이를 보였다. 전반적인 평균서식밀도를 300개체 / m$^2$이며, 송풍부도는 15종/0.2 m$^2$ 정도이다. 평균서믹밀도와 종풍부도지수는 600 m 나 그 이상의 수심에서 뚜렷한 변화를 보였다. 우점종의 평균서식밀도와 밀접한 상관 관계를 보인 물리적 환경은 수심, 수온, 니질함량, 평균입도 등이었다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.419-427
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• 2002

Meiobenthic community structure near Dokdo was investigated during two survey periods of June, 1999 and October 2000. Meiobenthos were separated from the sediment core samples collected from eight stations. A total of 19 meiobenthic animal groups were identified from those core samples. The most abundant meiobenthic animals belonged to Phylum Nematoda in both seasons and all stations. Sarcomastigophorans, nauplius of crustaceans, and benthic harpactiocoids were the next abundant meiobenthos. Vertical distribution of meiobenthic animals showed the highest individual numbers in the surface sediment layers of 0-1cm depth with a steep decreasing trend with depth for the three sampling stations (A0, A9', A19) located in the continental slope. Horizontal distribution of meiobenthic animals for the study area near Dokdo showed lower density at the sampling stations near Dokdo and the lowest density of meiobenthos in A19 (depth-2261 m). For size distribution, analysis showed that animals which fit onto the mesh size of 0.125mm were abundant. This study suggested that the continental shelf near Dokdo have a more unstable environment fo meiobenthos than the continental slope.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.557-567
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• 2003

High-resolution (3.5 kHz) subbottom profiles were analyzed in order to reveal sedimentation pattern of late Quaternary in the northern South Shetland continental margin and the South Scotia Sea, Antarctica. On the basis of clarity, continuity and geometry of surface and subbottom echoes together with seafloor topography, high-resolution echo characters are classified into eight echo types which represent rock basements (echo type III-1), coarse-grained subglacial till or moraine (echo type I-1), slides/slumps (echo type IV), debris-flow deposits (echo types II-3 and III-2), and bottom-current deposits (echo types I-2, II-1 and II-2). Subglacial till or moraine (echo type I-1) is mostly present in the lower continental shelf and upper continental slope of the northern South Shetland continental margin, which changes downslope to slides/slumps (echo type IV) and debris-flow deposits (echo types II-3 and III-2) in the middle to lower continental slope. This distribution suggests that the continental slopes of the northern South Shetland continental margin were mostly affected by downslope gravitational processes. Further downslope, bottom-current sediments (echo type I-2) deposited by the southwestward flowing Antarctic Deep Water (ADW) occur at the South Shetland Trench, reflecting an Interaction between mass flows and bottom currents in the area. In contrast to the northern South Shetland continental margin, the South Scotia Sea is dominated by bottom-current deposits (echo types II-1 and II-2), indicating that the sedimentation was mostly controlled by the westward flowing ADW. Flow intensity of the ADW has increased in the relative topographic highs, forming thin covers of coarse-grained contourites (echo type II-1), whereas it has decreased in the relative topographic lows, depositing thick, fine-grained contourites (echo type II-2). The poor development of wave geometry in the fine-grained bottom-current deposits (echo type II-2) is suggestive of the unsteady nature of the ADW flow.