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Age of the volcanism and deposition determined from the Cretaceous strata of the islands of Yeosu-si  

Park, Kye-Hun (Department of Environmental Geoscience and Institute of Environmental Geosciences, Pukyong National University)
Paik, In-Sung (Department of Environmental Geoscience and Institute of Environmental Geosciences, Pukyong National University)
Huh, Min (Department of Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, Chonnam National University)
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The Journal of the Petrological Society of Korea / v.12, no.2, 2003 , pp. 70-78 More about this Journal
Abstract
Sado, Chudo, Mokdo, Nangdo, and Jeokgeumdo are the islands which belong to Hwajeong-myeon, Yeosu-si, Jeollanam-do and there are various kinds of volcanic rocks, volcaniclastic sedimentary rocks, and dinosaur-fossil bearing sedimentary rocks on these islands. This study is designed to constrain geologic ages of these volcanic and sedimentary rocks. K-Ar ages of these rocks indicate that the volcanism of this area occurred mainly during the period of 91.8 ${\pm}$ 3.5∼65.5 ${\pm}$ 1.3(l$\sigma$) Ma. Deposition ages of the sedimentary rocks were bracketed based on the ages of the volcanic rocks and observed field relationship between sedimentary and volcanic rocks. The oldest sedimentary deposit of the area is the volcanic pebble bearing conglomerate of the Jeokgeumdo and its deposition age is ca. 81 Ma or less. The deposition age of the Chudo shale, which belongs to stratigraphically upper sequence and bears many dinosaur footprints, is at least ca. 77 Ma. Conglomerate of the Mokdo was deposited at ca. 72∼70 Ma. The deposition age of the dinosaur fossil deposit of the Sado is at least ca. 65 Ma. All the investigated volcanic and sedimentary rocks of the Yeosu islands were formed during the late Cretaceous and dinosaurs lived until the latest Cretaceous in this area.
Keywords
Cretaceous; K-Ar age; volcanic rocks; dinosaur; Yeosu;
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