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http://dx.doi.org/10.7582/GGE.2014.17.2.074

Distribution and Origin of Quaternary Mass Transport Deposit in the Ulleung Basin, East Sea  

Yi, Young-Mi (Department of Petroleum Resources Technology, Korea University of Science and Technology (UST))
Yoo, Dong-Geun (Petroleum and Marine Research Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM))
Kang, Nyeon-Keon (Petroleum and Marine Research Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM))
Yi, Bo-Yeon (Petroleum and Marine Research Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM))
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Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration / v.17, no.2, 2014 , pp. 74-87 More about this Journal
Abstract
Analysis of multi-channel seismic reflection profiles collected from the Ulleung Basin reveals that the Quaternary sequence consists of four stratigraphic units separated by erosional unconformities. Individual stratigraphic unit includes eighteen mass transport deposits which are variable in geometric characteristics and spatial distribution. Each mass transport deposit on the seismic profile is acoustically characterized by chaotic or transparent seismic facies, and shows wedge or lens-shaped external geometry. The mass transport deposits, which comprise a succession of stacked wedges, mainly occur on the southern slope, and their thickness gradually decreases toward the basin plain. The time structure map of erosional unconformities shows that a tectonic-induced structural high and troughs toward the northwest and northeast are developed at the central part of the basin. Based on the isochron map, the mass transport deposits, originated from southern part of the study area, transported to the basin plain and can be divided into two groups by the structural high. Consequently, the mass transport deposits within the Quaternary sequence in the Ulleung Basin are largely controlled by the large amounts of sediment supply, dissociation of gas hydrate during the lowstands, and central structural high.
Keywords
Ulleung Basin; Quaternary; mass transport deposits; lowstands; dissociation of gas hydrate;
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