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Distribution of Clay Minerals in Surface Sediments of Kunsan Basin, Yellow Sea and their Transport Pathway

황해 군산분지 표층 퇴적물의 점토광물 함량 분포 및 이동경향 연구

  • RHO, KYOUNG-CHAN (Korean Seas Geosystem Research Center, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology)
  • 노경찬 (한국해양과학기술원 관할해역지질연구센터)
  • Received : 2015.09.09
  • Accepted : 2015.09.22
  • Published : 2015.11.30
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Abstract

To understand the transport pathways of muddy sediment of the Kunsan basin in Yellow Sea, grain sizes and clay mineral of 32 surface sediments and a sediment core were analyzed. In the study area, illite is predominant (63.4~71.9%), followed by chlorite (15.1~20.2%), kaolinite (10.3~17.2%) and smectite (2~6.9%), According to the spatial distribution of the clay minerals, illite, kaolinite+chlorite and smectite show relatively higher contents in the center of the north, northeast, and the south of the study area, respectively. Considering the spatial distribution of clay mineral contents the sand ridge alignments and tidal current pathways, the smectite particles were probably derived from the south of the study area, but kaolinite and/or chlorite particles were mainly transported from the Korean coastal zone. Meanwhile, down-core variation in the contents of clay minerals of the core revealed a distinct change in fine-grained muddy sediment provenance: muddy sediment input from the Korean coastal areas has increased while the input from China has decreased since the last 5,000 year ago, by showing the amount decrease of smectite and the increase of kaolinite+chlorite at the top layer of the late Holocene muddy sediment unit of the core.

황해 군산분지 니질 퇴적물 이동양상을 알아보기 위하여, 표층 퇴적물과 코어 퇴적물 시료에 대한 점토광물 함량 공간분포 및 이동 경로 분석을 실시하였다. 표층 퇴적물의 점토광물 함량은 일라이트가 63.4~71.9%로 가장 우세하고, 다음으로 녹니석(15.1~20.2%), 고령석(10.3~17.2%), 스멕타이트(02~6.9%) 순으로 나타났다. 전반적으로 스멕타이트는 연구지역의 남부에서 상대적으로 높은 값을 보이며, 일라이트는 연구지역의 북쪽 중앙부, 그리고 고령석+녹니석은 연구지역의 북동부에서 상대적으로 높은 값을 보인다. 점토광물의 이동경로 파악을 위해 해저 수로 방향과 조석류 경로를 고려한 각 점토광물의 함량변화 추이를 살펴본 결과, 스멕타이트의 경우는 남쪽 황해 해곡에서 북쪽으로 갈수록 감소하는 뚜렷한 경향을 보였으나, 고령석+녹니석은 한국의 연안과 가까운 연구지역의 북동쪽에서 상대적으로 높은 함량을 보였다. 이러한 결과는 스멕타이트는 연구해역의 남쪽으로부터 반면, 고령석+녹니석은 한국 연안쪽으로부터 유입되었음을 보여준다. 코어 퇴적물 분석 결과, 현생 퇴적층에서 스멕타이트의 함량은 상부로 갈수록 감소하고, 대조적으로 고령석+녹니석의 함량은 증가하는 경향을 보인다. 이는 해수면 상승이 완료된 이후 중국으로부터 유입된 니질 퇴적물은 점차 감소하고 한국으로부터 유입된 니질 퇴적물은 상대적으로 증가했음을 보여준다.

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