• Proceedings of the Mineralogical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.69-92
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• 2002

비금속 및 금속 광물자원의 탐사는 국가경영에 있어서 절대적으로 필요한 공공의 기반산업에 해당된다. 지금까지 수행되어 왔던 자원 탐사사업의 대부분은 비교적 개발이 용이한 천부 광상들에 집중되어 왔으며, 천부 광상들의 과도한 개발로 인하여 자원탐사의 범위가 점차 심부화 되고있는 실정이다. 지하 심부에 분포하는 광상들을 효율적으로 탐사해 내기 위해서는 분지 내 심부 퇴적층들에 대한 정밀한 대비와 평가가 요구된다. 그러나, 그 동안 천부 광상들의 평가에 적용되어 왔던 기재적 층서 원리들로는 심부에 분포하는 광상들을 도출해 내는데 한계가 있어 왔다. 따라서, 분지 내 퇴적층들에 대한 보다 명확한 이해를 위해 새로운 고해상도의 층서틀 수립이 시급하다. 본 연구에서는 태백산분지 오오도비스 중기 퇴적층들에 대한 통합 층서적 접근을 통하여 고해상도 층서틀 수립에 대한 예를 제시하고자 한다. 이러한 통합 층서적 접근은 퇴적 분지의 지체 구조적 진화에 따른 층서를 규명하는데 있어서 보다 나은 통찰을 제공하고 있으며, 아울러 분지 내 비금속 및 금속 광물자원 탐사 및 개발사업의 효율성을 증대시키는데 사용될 수 있을 것이다 따라서, 통합 층서적 접근을 통한 퇴적층들에 대한 고해상도 층서틀 수립은 분지 내에 부존 되어 있는 모든 형태의 자원 탐사 및 개발사업에 있어서 성공률을 극대화시킬 수 있는 새로운 층서적 규범으로 강조되어 져야 한다.

• Proceedings of the KSEEG Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.69-92
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• 2002

비금속 및 금속 광물자원의 탐사는 국가경영에 있어서 절대적으로 필요한 공공의 기반산업에 해당된다. 지금까지 수행되어 왔던 자원 탐사사업의 대부분은 비교적 개발이 용이한 천부 광상들에 집중되어 왔으며, 천부 광상들의 과도한 개발로 인하여 자원탐사의 범위가 점차 심부화 되고있는 실정이다. 지하 심부에 분포하는 광상들을 효율적으로 탐사해 내기 위해서는 분지 내 심부 퇴적층들에 대한 정밀한 대비와 평가가 요구된다. 그러나, 그 동안 천부 광상들의 평가에 적용되어 왔던 기재적 층서 원리들로는 심부에 분포하는 광상들을 도출해 내는데 한계가 있어 왔다 따라서, 분지 내 퇴적층들에 대한 보다 명확한 이해를 위해 새로운 고해상도의 층서틀 수립이 시급하다. 본 연구에서는 태백산분지 오오도비스 중기 퇴적층들에 대한 통합 층서적 접근을 통하여 고해상도 층서틀 수립에 대한 예를 제시하고자 한다. 이러한 통합 층서적 접근은 퇴적 분지의 지체 구조적 진화에 따른 층서를 규명하는데 있어서 보다 나은 통찰을 제공하고 있으며, 아울러 분지 내 비금속 및 금속 광물자원 탐사 및 개발사업의 효율성을 증대시키는데 사용될 수 있을 것이다. 따라서, 통합 층서적 접근을 통한 퇴적층들에 대한 고해상도 층서틀 수립은 분지 내에 부존 되어 있는 모든 형태의 자원 탐사 및 개발사업에 있어서 성공률을 극대화시킬 수 있는 새로운 층서적 규범으로 강조되어져야 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Quaternary Association Conference
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• 2004.06a
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• pp.7-7
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• 2004

한국 남동해역 대륙붕에서 취득된 고해상 탄성파 탐사자료와 퇴적물 시료의 분석에 의하면 후 제4기 퇴적층은 마지막 빙하기 이후의 해수면 변화에 의해 조절되는 저해수면계열, 해침계열, 고해수면계열로 구성된다. 시퀀스 경계면 위의 저해수면계열(층서단위 I)은 마지막 빙하기 동안 퇴적된 니질사 혹은 사질니 퇴적물로 구성되며 대륙붕단과 해곡의 외해역에 분포한다. 해침면과 최대 해침면 사이에 위치하는 해침계열(층서단위 II)은 지난 15,000-6,000년 사이에 퇴적되었으며 주로 사질퇴적물로 구성된다. 해침계열은 연구해역 전반에 걸쳐 넓게 분포하지만 저해수면계열과 고해수면계열에 비해 박층으로 분포한다. 이러한 해침계열은 분포특성에 따라 3개의 소퇴적단위로 세분된다. 즉, 대륙붕단의 초기해침계열(Unit IIa), 중간대륙붕의 중기해침계열(Unit IIb), 내대륙붕의 후기해침계열(Unit IIc)등으로 이들은 후배열층서의 특성을 가진다. 최대해침면 상부에 놓이는 고해수면계열(층서단위 III)은 해수면이 현 수준에 도달한 지난 약 6,000년 이후에 퇴적된 현생 니질 퇴적물로 구성되며 내대륙붕의 연안을 따라 제한적으로 분포한다.

• Journal of the Korean Geophysical Society
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• v.2 no.4
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• pp.251-258
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• 1999

A high-resolution seismic survey was conducted on the abandoned tidal flat in Shihwa Lake on the west coast of Korea. A portable vibrator was used as a seismic source and 217 shot gathers with 48-channel system were acquired. F-k filtering, residual static corrections and post-stack frequency filtering are found to be useful for signal enhancement. The overburden is divided into two seismic depositional units. Unit I is deposited in tidal environment characterized by parallel and high continuity reflection pattern. This unit comprises a dry layer (Unit Ia) and a wet layer (Unit Ib) having averagely 5 and 15 meters thick, respectively. Unit II unconformably overlain by Unit I exhibits discontinuity and hummocky reflection pattern, indicating complex channel-fill sediments in estuary. The maximum thickness of this unit is approximately 20 meter. Acoustic basement is considered as Precambrian granitic gneiss occurred in the surrounding area.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.59-74
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• 2003

Prospecting for energy and mineral resources is essential kind of public fundamentals that manage the nation's economy. Most explorations in the past were concentrated in the simple structural traps in relatively shallow depth. Due to their vast exploitation, recent history has shown that the emphasis in explorations has steadily shifted toward the subtle stratigraphic traps in deeper level. Increasing exploration for the subtle stratigraphic traps in deeper level requires precise correlation and assessment of deeply buried strata in the basin. However, the descriptive strati-graphic principles used for evaluation of the simple structural traps are limited to delineate the subtle stratigraphic traps in deeper depth. As this occurs. it is imperative to establish a new stratigraphic paradigm that allows a more sophisticated understanding on the basin stratigraphy. This study provides an exemplary application of integrated stratigraphic approach to defining basin history of the Middle Ordovician Taebacksan Basin, Korea. The integrated stratigraphic approach gives much better insight to unravel the stratigraphic response to tectonic evolution of the basins, which can be utilized fer enhancing the efficiency of resources exploration and development in the basins. Thus, the integrated stratigraphic approach should be emphasized as a new stratigraphic norm that can improve the probability of success in any type of resources exploration and development project.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.38 no.6 s.175
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• pp.633-642
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• 2005

We present the sedimentary sequence and distribution pattern of the late Holocene muddy deposits in the northern East China Sea shelf using the high-resolution 'Chirp' profiles. The seismic sedimentary sequence overlying acoustic basement (basal reflector-B) can be divided into two depositional units (Unit 1 and 2) bounded by erosional bounding surface (mid reflector-M). The lower Unit 1 above basal reflector-H is characterized by the acoustically parallel to subparallel reflections and channel-fill facies. The upper Unit 2, up to 7 m in thickness, shows seismically semi-transparent seismic facies and lenticular body form. On the base of sequence stratigraphic concept, these two sediment units have developed during transgression and highstand period, respectively, since the last sea-level lowstand. The transgressive systems tract (Unit 1) lie directly on the sequence boundary (reflector B) that have farmed during the last glacial maximum. The transgressive systems tract in this study consists mostly of complex of delta, fluvial, and tidal deposits within the incised valley estuary system. The maximum flooding surface (reflector M) corresponding to the top surface of transgressive systems tract is obviously characterized by erosional depression. The highstand systems tract (Unit 2) above maximum flooding surface is made up of the mud patch filled with the erosional depression. The high-stand mud deposits showing a circle shape just like a typhoon symbol locates about 140 km off the south of Cheju Island with water depth of $60\~90m$. Coverage area and total sediment volume of the mud deposits are about $3,200km^2$ and $10.7\times10^9\;m^3$, respectively. The origin of the mud patch is interpreted as a result of accumulating suspended sediments derived from the paleo-Yellow and/or Yangtze Rivers. The circular distribution pattern of the mud patch appears to be largely controlled by the presence of cyclonic eddy in the northern East China Sea.

• Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.243-250
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• 2005

Analysis of high-resolution seismic profiles acquired from the inner shelf off the southern coast of Korea reveals that the inner shelf sequence can be divided into three stratigraphic units formed after the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Unit I is characterized by complex seismic facies including semi-transparent, stratified, and hummocky reflections on seismic records. It consists of sandy mud or muddy sand, deposited under estuarine environment during the post-glacial transgression. Unit II acoustically shows semi-transparent or hummocky reflections and consists of sand with gravels and shell debris, produced by shoreface erosion during the transgression. Unit III is characterized by transparent or semi-transparent seismic facies and consists of mud originated from the Nakdong and Seomjin rivers during recent highstand of sea level. Unit III is confined to the inner shelf with an extenal form of stratal wedge.

• The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.369-379
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• 2003

Analysis of high-resolution seismic profiles and sediment data from the southeastern continental shelf of Korea reveals that the late Quaternary deposits consist of a set of lowstand (LST), transgressive (TST), and highstand systems tracts (HST) that corresponds to the sea-level change after the Last Glacial Maximum. LST (Unit I) above the sequence boundary consists of sandy mud or muddy sand deposited during the last glacial period and is confined to the shelf margin and trough region. TST (Unit II) between transgressive surface and maximum flooding surface consists of sandy sediments deposited during the postglacial transgression (15,000-6,000 yr BP). Although TST is widely distributed on the shelf, it is much thinner than LST and HST. On the basis of distribution pattern, TST can be divided into three sub-units: early TST (Unit IIa) on the shelf margin, middle TST (Unit IIb) on the mid-shelf, and late TST (Unit IIc) on the inner shelf, respectively. These are characterized by a backstepping depositional arrangement. HST(Unit III) above the maximum flooding surface is composed of the fine-grained sediments deposited during the last 6000 yrs when sea level was close to the present level and its distribution is restricted to the inner shelf along the coast.

• The Korean Journal of Quaternary Research
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.7-16
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• 2003

A 31m-long sediment core (SSDP-102) was taken from the inner shelf (about 40m water-depth) off the northwestern coast of the Korea Strait. Detailed lithofacies and organic-geochemical analyses were performed to establish a high-resolution stratigraphy in the Korea Strait shelf and to reconstruct the paleoenvironmental changes associated with the Holocene marine transgression. The stratigraphic framework of the core was primarily established using 6 AMS $^{14}C$ ages. The sedimentary record of the core SSDP-102 allows for the reconstruction of the paleoenvironmental changes during the last 12.1 ka BP. According to the high-resolution seismic reflection profiles, lithofacies and organic-geochemical data, the core SSDP-102 can be divided into three units (III to I in ascending order) above the acoustic basement. The three units reflect distinct changes of depositional environments resulted from the post-glacial marine transgression. Therefore, it is suggested that three phases of sea-level change have occurred within the inner shelf of the Korea Strait following the Holocene marine transgression. (1) estuarine environments from ca. 12.1 to 6.2 ka BP; (2) near-shore environments with a period of decreased rising of sea level between 6.2 and 5.1 ka BP; (3) near-shore to modem marine environments after 5.1 ka BP. In particular, the present marine conditions influenced by the warm Tsushima Current have been gradually established after ca. 5.1 ka BP.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.81-92
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• 2011

High resolution seismic profiles (chirp and sparker system) were analyzed for the interpretation of nearshore sedimentary environments of Suyeong Bay, Busan. The sedimentary sequence is classified into three seismic units (SU1a, SU1b, and SU2), overlying acoustic basement, and each units can be defined as erosional and disconformable strata. The lowermost SU1a is characterized by the acoustically parallel and prolonged inner reflections, compared with the upper SU1b displays irregular internal reflectors. The uppermost unit, SU2, is acoustically transparent. The acoustic basement is incised with channels, probably due to the active erosion during the early period of transgression. The acoustic basement deepens eastward in the study area, suggesting primary association with the Suyeong River. The upper SU1a and SU1b units constitute lowland-fill strata. SU2 is widely distributed over the study area. High resolution seismic profiles of Suyeong Bay provide significant information crucial to the interpretation of sedimentary environmental history, which is closely related to the sea level change, estuarine environment and influx of terrestrial sediments from the adjacent rivers.