• The Journal of the Petrological Society of Korea
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.10-20
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• 1996

The increament of crustal thickness, continental growth and evolution, plate tectonic movements, and mega-impacts of meteorites have been worldwidely studied in the subdivision of Precambrian. In many subdivision methods of Precambrian Eon and Eonthem, the division based on the principle of the Plate tctonic movement referred internationally, is as follows, $L^AT_EX$ The rationality of this subdivision and some problems in the currently adopted stratigraphic subdivision of Precambrian Eonthem will by commented, and the validity of English and Korean Geological terminology on the Precambrian stratigraphy of northeastern Asia will be discussed also.

• 한국지구과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.09a
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• pp.207-212
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• 2005

제7차 교육과정에 따라서 집필된 지구과학 I, II 교과서와 국내외 각종 지구과학 교재의 지질 연대 자료를 검토하였다. 지구과학 I, II 교과서의 자료는 대부분 최신의 자료가 아니며, 많은 자료들은 지질학 원론과 지구과학 개론 등의 국내 대학 교재에 제시된 수 십년 전의 자료를 그대로 따랐다. 또한 외국 대학의 지구과학 또는 지질학 개론서의 경우에서도 유사하게 수 십년 전의 자료를 제시하고 있다. 최근 국제 층서 위원회(ICS)에 의하여 연구 제시된 국제 층서 챠트(ICS 2000), 국제 지질 연대표(IGTS 2003) 및 지질 연대표(GTS 2004) 등의 많은 새로운 자료들이 제시되어 있다. 새로운 자료 중에서 중요한 것들에는 신생대의 고제3기와 신제3기, 석탄기의 미시시피아세와 펜실베니아세, 원생이언의 고원생대, 중원생대 및 신원생대 그리고 시생이언의 시시생대, 고시생대, 중시생대 및 신시생대를 들 수 있다. 이들 새로운 지질 연대 자료는 새로운 지구과학 교과서 집필시 인용되어야 할 것이다.

• Journal of the Korean earth science society
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• v.26 no.7
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• pp.624-629
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• 2005

Numerical data of the geological time scale in Earth Science I, II textbooks and those of University textbooks of Korea and other countries are briefly reviewed. Numerical data of the geologic time scale shown in Earth Science I, II textbooks are mostly out of date and many of them follow those in the University textbooks of Korea. The same situation is apparent for introductory Earth Science or Geology textbooks of other countries as old data exist in their text books as well. There are many new data in the International Stratigraphic Chart (ISC 2000) and International Geologic Time Scale (IGTS 2003) recently updated by International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) and A Geologic Time Scale (GTS 2004). Among the new data, some important things are Paleogene and Neogene Periods of Cenozoic Era, Mississippian and Pensilvanian Epochs of Carborniferous Period, Paleoproterozoic, Mesoproterozoic, and Neoproterozoic Eras of Proterozoic Eon, and Eoarchean, Paleoarchean, Mesoarchean, and Neoarchean Eras of Archean Eon. These new data should be used in the new Earth Science textbooks.

• The Journal of the Petrological Society of Korea
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.89-112
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• 2012

The Korean Peninsula consists of three Precambrian blocks: Nangrim, Gyeonggi and Yeongnam massifs. Here we revisited previous stratigraphic relationships, largely based on new geochronologic data, and investigated the crustal evolution history of the Precambrian massifs. The Precambrian strata have been usually divided into lower crystalline basements and upper supracrustal rocks. The former has been considered as Archean or Paleoproterozoic in age, whereas the latter as Paleoproterozoic or later. However, both are revealed as the Paleoproterozoic (2.3-1.8 Ga) strata as a whole, and Archean strata are very limited in the Korean Peninsula. These make the previous stratigraphic system wrong and require reconsideration. The oldest age of the basement rocks can be dated as old as Paleoarchean, suggested by the occurrence of ~3.6 Ga inherited zircon. However, most of crust-forming materials were extracted from mantle around ~2.7 Ga, and produced major portions of crust materials at ~2.5 Ga, which make each massif a discrete continental mass. After that, all the massifs belonged to continental margin orogen during the Paleoproterozoic time, and experienced repeated intracrustal differentiation. After the final cratonization occurring at ~1.9-1.8 Ga, they were stabilized as continental platforms. The Nangrim and Gyeonggi massif included local sedimentary deposition as well as igneous activity during Meso-to Neoproterozoic, but the Yeongnam massif remained stable before the development of Paleozoic basin.