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http://dx.doi.org/10.9719/EEG.2016.49.5.349

Mineralogical Characteristics of the Lower Choseon Supergroup in the Weondong Area  

Kim, Ha (Department of Earth System Sciences, Yonsei University)
Sim, Ho (Department of Earth System Sciences, Yonsei University)
Won, Moosoo (Department of Earth System Sciences, Yonsei University)
Kim, Myeong-Ji (Department of Earth System Sciences, Yonsei University)
Lee, Ju-Ho (Department of Earth System Sciences, Yonsei University)
Song, Yun-Goo (Department of Earth System Sciences, Yonsei University)
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Economic and Environmental Geology / v.49, no.5, 2016 , pp. 349-360 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study determined mineralogical characteristics and discussed the meaning of mineralogical changes of the lower Choseon Supergrouop in the Weondong area based on the field geological investigation and the drilling core description using X-ray diffraction (XRD) mineral quantification and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) observation. 100 samples with depth were collected from the core (250 m long) at a site in the study area. Especially, to investigate the changes from the upper Daegi Formation to the lower Hwajeol Formation, the samples were collected closely with the interval of about 0.3 m at this section. All samples were made into power using mortar for XRD. Mineral quantitative analysis was executed using Relative Intensity Ratio (RIR) method with corundum as an internal standard phase. Calcite, $2M_1$ illite and quartz are main constituents in most of samples. Dolomite and siderite are significantly observed in the Sesong Formation. As the results of quantitative analysis for the major minerals, the upper Daegi Formation is dominated by calcite with over 80%. The Sesong Formation includes high percentage of dolomite and siderite with the intercalation of thin layers containing high calcite and $2M_1$ illite contents. Hwajeol Formation is characterized by the alternation between thin layers of $2M_1$ illite and quartz-dominated layer (IQDL) and calcite-dominated layer (CDL). IQDL is more frequent in the lower part, whereas CDL is more common in the upper part. The boundary between Daegi Formation and the Sesong Formation is distinct, whereas the boundary between the Sesong Formation and the Hwajeol Formation tends to be changed gradually in mineralogy. The result of SEM observation shows that quartz and $2M_1$ illite are detrital, and a significant amount of calcite also shows detrital form with some recrystallized one, indicating that the repeated influx of terrestrial materials had changed the mineralogy of the shallow sea depositional environment in the early Paleozoic era.
Keywords
lower Choseon Supergroup; X-ray diffraction; RIR quantitative analysis; Scanning Electron Microscopy; depositional environment;
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