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http://dx.doi.org/10.7582/GGE.2013.16.3.145

Late Quaternary Sedimentation in the Yellow Sea off Baegryeong Island, Korea  

Cho, MinHee (Exploration Department, Korea National Oil Corporation)
Lee, Eunil (Ocean Research Division, Korea Hydrography Oceanography & Administration (KHOA))
You, HakYoel (Ocean Observation Division, Korea Hydrography Oceanography & Administration (KHOA))
Kang, Nyen-Gun (Petroleum and Marine Research Division, Korea Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources (KIGAM))
Yoo, Dong-Geun (Petroleum and Marine Research Division, Korea Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources (KIGAM))
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Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration / v.16, no.3, 2013 , pp. 145-153 More about this Journal
Abstract
High-resolution chirp profiles were analyzed to investigate the echo types of near-surface sediments in the Yellow Sea off the Baegryeong Island. On the basis of seafloor morphology and subbottom echo characters, 7 echo types were identified. Flat seafloor with no internal reflectors or moderately to well-developed subbottom reflectors (echo type 1-1 and 1-2) is mainly distributed in the southern part of the study area. Flat seafloor with superposed wavy bedforms (echo type 1-3) is also distributed in the middle part. Mounded seafloor with either smooth surface or superposed bedforms (echo type 2-1, 2-2, and 2-3) occurs in the middle part of the study area. Irregular and eroded seafloor with no subbottom reflectors (echo type 3-1) is present in the northern part of the study area off the Baegryeong Island. According to the distribution pattern and sedimentary facies of echo types, depositional environments can be divided into three distinctive areas: (1) active erosional zone due to strong tidal currents in the northern part; (2) formation of tidal sand ridges in response to tidal currents associated with sea-level rise distributed in the middle part; and (3) transgressive sand sheets in the southern part. Such a depositional pattern, including 7 echo types, in this area reflects depositional process related to the sea-level rise and strong tidal currents during the Holocene transgression.
Keywords
Baegryeong Island; Yellow Sea; Tidal sand ridge; Echo type; High resoultion seismic survey;
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