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Chartacteristics of Water-bottom Reflection Coefficients in Bransfield Strait, Antarctic Peninsula

남극 브랜스필드 해협의 해저면 반사계수 특성

  • Published : 19990000
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Abstract

Reflection coefficients of the seafloor have been calculated from the amplitude ratio of secondary to primary water bottom reflection in seismic data obtained from Bransfield Strait, Antarctic Peninsula. Test processing for the coefficients shows that moving average is effective to reduce severe fluctuation of the coefficient measured at each point. Relationship between the coefficients and the properties of water bottom is analyzed to illuminate geological environment. In the central Bransfield Basin, the magnitude of reflection coefficients decreases as it is distant from the sedimentary sources. Reflection coefficients range from 0.12 to 0.2 near the continental slope of the basin, and from 0.1 to 0.12 in the basin floor. In the western Bransfield basin, reflection coefficients between 0.2 to 0.3 are obtained from the area eroded by glacial movement. On the volcanic structures near Deception Island, the coefficients show relatively high values more than 0.2. Paleo-geological structures uplifted by tectonic movement and outcropped by glacial erosion have relatively high coefficients.

남극 브랜스필드 해협에서 획득한 탄성파 자료로부터 다중반사파와 해저면 반사파의 진폭비를 이용하여 해저면 반사계수를 구하였다. 시험 자료처리 결과에 의하면 측점에 따른 심한 변동오차를 감소시키기 위하여 이동평균이 효과적임을 보여준다. 계산된 해저면 반사계수와 해저면 물성에 반영된 지질환경과의 관련성을 분석하였다. 중부 브랜스필드분지 지역에서는 퇴적물의 공급원으로부터의 거리가 멀수록 반사계수가 감소하는 변화양상이 우세하여, 사면 근처에서는 0.12∼0.2 사이, 분지의 중심에서는 0.1∼0.12 사이의 반사계수를 나타낸다. 서부 브랜스필드분지에서 지역적으로 나타나는 빙하침식 지형에서는 반사계수가 0.2∼0.3의 범위 내에서 변하였으며, 확장중심의 화산분출물이 노출된 지역은 0.2 이상의 큰 반사계수를 나타냈다. 또한 지체구조운동에 의해 상승작용을 받은 고지층들이 후기의 빙하침식작용에 의해 해저면에 드러난 지역에서는 해저면 반사계수가 비교적 크게 나타났다.

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