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http://dx.doi.org/10.9727/jmsk.2015.28.1.71

Mineralogical Characteristics of Marine Sediments Cores from Uleung Basin and Hupo Basin, East Sea  

Lee, Su-Ji (Department of Geology, Kyungpook National University)
Kim, Chang-Hwan (Dokdo Research Center, East Sea Research Institute, KIOST)
Jun, Chang-Pyo (Department of Geology, Kyungpook National University)
Lee, Seong-Joo (Department of Geology, Kyungpook National University)
Kim, Yeongkyoo (Department of Geology, Kyungpook National University)
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Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea / v.28, no.1, 2015 , pp. 71-81 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was carried out in order to investigate the mineralogical characteristics of the core sediments (03GHP-02 and HB13-2), obtained from the Ulleung Basin and Hupo Basin, Korea. The results on mineral compositions, clay mineral compositions, and the total contents and sequential extraction of different fractions of the phosphorus in core samples showed that those values are different in two cores and also at different depths. In both samples, mineral compositions were the same, composed mainly of quartz, microcline, albite, calcite, opal A, pyrite, and clay minerals (illite, chlorite, kaolinite, and smectite). However, the sample from Hupo Basin contains more opal A. Both samples, especially the ones from Hupo Basin contains more smectite than those reported from East Sea, indicating the influence of paleo-Hwangwei River and the Tertiary Formation of Korea Peninsula. For the samples from Uleung Basin, at 0.7-3.5 m range in depth, the low content of opal A and the low illite crystallinity index can be inferred to indicate the relatively cool climate, corresponding to the ice age. Also, the content of total phosphorus was low in those samples. It was reported that East Sea at that time was isolated from the neighboring seas due to the decrease of the sea level, and as a result, the influx of sediments was supposed to be little through the strait and rivers. For the samples from Hupo Basin, there is no significant changes in clay mineral composition and the distribution of phosphorus with increasing depth. This little change can be interpreted to indicate that the sediments comprising the core might be deposited in a relatively short period of time or deposited in sedimentary environment in which there's no significant changes in sediment supplies. The values of crystallinity index of clay minerals are high in those samples, indicating that it was relatively warm during that time. Although the increase of fluctuation pattern can be observed, showing that the climate of this period often changed, it is supposed that it was generally warm.
Keywords
Ulleung Basin; Hupo Basin; sediment core; clay mineral; sequential extraction of phosphorus;
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