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http://dx.doi.org/10.9727/jmsk.2014.27.3.159

Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of the Hupo Basin Using Grain Size and Mineral Analysis  

Jun, Chang-Pyo (Department of Geology, Kyungbook National University)
Kim, Chang-Hwan (Dokdo Research Center, East Sea Research Institute, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology (KIOST))
Kim, Yeongkyoo (Department of Geology, Kyungbook National University)
Lee, Seong-Joo (Department of Geology, Kyungbook National University)
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Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea / v.27, no.3, 2014 , pp. 159-168 More about this Journal
Abstract
Holocene plaeoenvironmental changes were interpreted by grain size and mineral analyses of a piston core (HB 13-2), obtained along the western slope of the Hupo Basin, Korea. The core sediments are characterized by two discrete, sedimentary facies: upper unit (0-0.4 mbsf) dominated by bioturbation structures with weak lamination, and lower unit (0.4-3.3 mbsf) characterized by intensified bioturbation toward bottom. Analysis of sensitive grain size and sortable silt demonstrated that the inflow of the Tsushima Warm Current (TWC) into the Hupo Basin strengthen from the period of sediment deposition over 0.82 mbsf. The minerals of the core sediments are composed mainly of quartz, microcline, orthoclase, albite and clay minerals including chlorite, kaolinite and illite. No noticeable changes of the mineral percentage was observed according to the grain size and depth of the samples. The integral breadth (${\Delta}^{\circ}2{\theta}$) of clay minerals from 1.4 mbsf to top layer shows an increasing trend, which clearly means climate warming from the period of sediment deposition above 1.4 mbsf. This interval correlates with the Holocene climate optimum at Mid Holocene.
Keywords
Hupo Basin; grain size analysis; sensitive grain size; clay mineral; Tsushima Warm Current;
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