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http://dx.doi.org/10.9719/EEG.2019.52.3.251

The First Discovery of Quaternary Fault in the Western Part of the South Yangsan Fault - Sinwoo Site  

Choi, Sung-Ja (Geology Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Ghim, Yong Sik (Geology Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Cheon, Youngbeom (Geology Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Ko, Kyoungtae (Geology Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
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Economic and Environmental Geology / v.52, no.3, 2019 , pp. 251-258 More about this Journal
Abstract
During the detailed geological survey around the southern Yangsan Fault, we newly found a Quaternary fault outcrop, which cuts unconsolidated sediments. The fault named the Sinwoo site, located in the Sinwoo pasture, Miho-ri, Duseo-myeon, Ulsan metropolitan city, is the first discovered Quaternary fault near the western part of the south Yangsan Fault. In this study, we provide information on characteristics of fault geometry and unconsolidated sediment at Sinwoo site based on the analysis data of topography, drainage, and lineament around the study site. The fault site is situated at pediment slope, but fan-shaped middle terrace, as well as thick sediment exposed at low terrace, indicates that the unconsolidated sediments have been deposited in the alluvial fan environment. The drainage develops to the third-order drainage system, and the first and the second drainage system meet at right angles to each other and form a radial drainage pattern. In addition, the NE-SW direction lineaments can be identified on the basis of the curvature of the river and the step of the topographic relief, running over the Sinwoo site. The fault of $N30-35^{\circ}E/79-82^{\circ}SE$ shows ~ 5.8 m apparent vertical offset and dominantly reverse-slip sense based on slickenline, rotation of pebbles, and drag folding at footwall. However, some discontinuous sediments observed in the footwall are interpreted as fissure-filling materials due to the strike-slip movement. Now, we are under multidisciplinary investigations of additional field survey and age dating in order to determine the evolution of Sinwoo site fault during the Quaternary.
Keywords
Sinwoo site; quaternary fault; pediment; reverse-slip sense; strike-slip movement;
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