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http://dx.doi.org/10.5467/JKESS.2015.36.1.27

K-Ar Ages of the Volcanic Rocks from the Cretaceous Strata in Gurye Area, Jeonnam Province, South Korea  

Park, Ju-Hyun (Gohung middle school)
Park, Da-Hyun (Pungdeok middle school)
Won, Beom-Hee (Baegun middle school)
Kang, Sung-Seung (Department of Energy and Resources Engineering, Chosun University)
Kim, Cheong-Bin (Department of Physics Education, Sunchon National University)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.36, no.1, 2015 , pp. 27-35 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aims to establish the age of the Cretaceous Togeum Formation in Gurye that reported the discovery of dinosaur eggshells and bones. This study also investigates to determine the period of the dinosaurs' dominance in the region. K-Ar ages are measured on the whole volcanic rocks in the lower - and upper parts of the formation. The six samples dated are volcanic pebbles deposited in the Geumjeongri Conglomerate that is distributed underneath the Togeum Formation, and the ages dated as Aptian ($118.3{\pm}2.3Ma$) or Albian ($103.6{\pm}2.0$, $102.5{\pm}2.0$, $99.9{\pm}1.9Ma$), which all correspond to the Early Cretaceous. In addition, the ages of andesites and porphyritic andesites overlying the Togeum Formation are dated in a similar way. The result is that the ages are apparently corresponding to the Campanian ($83.9{\pm}1.6$, $74.2{\pm}1.5$Ma) of the Late Cretaceous. Field evidence and the age results indicate that the formation of the Togeum and the activities of dinosaurs dated back between 84 and 100Ma. It suggests that the Togeum Formation be somewhat older than the Boseong Seonso Formation (81Ma) which contains egg shells, the Haenam Uhangni Formation (79-81 Ma) that has dinosaur, pterosaur and webbed bird footprints, and also older than the theropod egg nests (77-83Ma) found in the Aphaedo area.
Keywords
dinosaur eggshells and bones; volcanic pebbles; K-Ar whole-rock age; Late Cretaceous;
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