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Sedimentary Facies and Environments of the SSDP-101 Long-core in a Submarine Sand Ridge in the Korea Strait

대한해협 해저사퇴 심부코어 SSDP-101의 퇴적상과 퇴적환경

  • Seong-Pil Kim (Marine Geology & Energy Research Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mining Resources (KIGAM)) ;
  • Woo-Hun Ryang (Division of Science Education and Institute of Science Education, Jeonbuk National University)
  • 김성필 (한국지질자원연구원 해저지질에너지연구본부) ;
  • 양우헌 (전북대학교 과학교육학부/과학교육연구소)
  • Received : 2023.09.25
  • Accepted : 2023.10.10
  • Published : 2023.10.31
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Abstract

A long core SSDP-101 of 77 m in a submarine sand ridge on the Korea Strait shelf was studied to understand the formation process of the sand ridge. The long core was drilled at 128°16.335'N in latitude and 34°19.666'E in longitude (WGS-84) on the top of the sand ridge of 60-m water depth. Marine geological analyses of the SSDP-101 long-core samples can reveal the changing sedimentary environments in the Korea Strait Shelf caused by relative sea-level changes during the late Quaternary. The lower parts of the core samples were interpreted as episodic stream-flooding sediments occurring in an estuarine environment. The sand ridge of the study area formed when the relative sea level was lower than the present sea level, and the sand ridge sediments were winnowed by the relative sea level rise. The submarine sand ridge in the modern shelf is interpreted that the sand ridge of the lower sea level has remained to the present higher sea level.

대한해협 대륙붕 해저사퇴의 형성과정을 이해하기 위해 77 m 심도 심부 SSDP-101 코어를 연구하였다. 이 심부코어는 WGS 측지계 기준으로 북위 128도 16.335분, 동경 34도 19.666분에 위치한 수심 60 m의 사퇴 정상부에서 시추하였다. SSDP-101 코어 시료의 해양지질학적 분석은 제4기 후기 상대 해수면 변화에 의해 야기된 대한해협 대륙붕 퇴적환경의 변화를 밝혔다. 하부 코어 퇴적층은 간헐적 하천 범람이 일어나는 염하구 환경에서 형성된 것으로 해석되었다. 연구 지역의 사퇴는 상대해수면이 현재보다 더 낮은 시기에 형성되었고, 사퇴 퇴적물은 상대해수면이 상승함에 따라 키질작용을 받았다. 현재 대륙붕의 해저사퇴는 해수면이 낮았던 시기의 해저사퇴가 현재 해수면 환경까지 잔존된 결과로 해석된다.

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논문을 심사해 주신 익명의 심사위원께 감사드립니다. 이 논문은 첫 번째 저자의 박사학위 논문의 일부 내용을 보완하여 재작성한 것이다. 이 논문은 한국지질자원연구원의 3D 해저 정밀영상화를 위한 복합 탄성파 탐사 및 실규모 고분해능 처리기술 개발 사업(GP2020-023) 지원에 의해 수행되었다. 또한 한국연구재단의 연구과제(NRF-2022R1F1A1063126) 지원에 의해 수행되었다.

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