• Journal of the Korean earth science society
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• v.29 no.7
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• pp.531-538
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• 2008

The mode of occurrence of petrified woods from the Tertiary strata of Pohang Basin in Kyeongsangbug-do suggests that the petrified woods are all allochthonous fossils. Petrified woods as well as various types of wood fossils such as carbonized woods and charcoal woods were found. However, some lignified organic remains are rarely found in the bark part of petrified woods. X-ray diffraction analysis showed three types of minerals including Opal-CT, Opal-C, and quartz+cristobalite. The presence of these minerals indicates that silicification occurred under the low temperature. The tuffs are considered to be main source of supply of silica. Analysis of the kind of composing minerals and the condition of tissue preservation can predict that silicification is mainly occurred by replacement.

• Proceedings of the Zoological Society Korea Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.180.2-180
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• 2001

• The Journal of the Petrological Society of Korea
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.83-115
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• 2013

Erroneous fission-track (FT) ages caused by an inappropriate calibration in the initial stage of FT dating were redefined by re-experiments and zeta calibration using duplicate samples. Revised FT zircon ages newly define the formation ages of Yucheon Group rhyolitic-dacitic tuffs as Late Cretaceous to Early Paleocene ($78{\pm}4$ Ma to $65{\pm}2$ Ma) and Gokgangdong rhyolitic tuff as Early Eocene ($52.1{\pm}2.3$ Ma). In case of the Early Miocene volcanics, FT zircon ages from a dacitic tuff of the upper Hyodongri Volcanics ($21.6{\pm}1.4$ Ma) and a dacitic lava of the uppermost Beomgokri Volcanics ($21.3{\pm}2.0$ Ma) define chronostratigraphies of the upper Beomgokri Group, respectively in the southern Eoil Basin and in the Waeup Basin. A FT zircon age ($19.8{\pm}1.6$ Ma) from the Geumori dacitic tuff defines the time of later dacitic eruption in the Janggi Basin. Based on FT zircon ages for dacitic rocks and previous age data (mostly K-Ar whole-rock, partly Ar-Ar) for basaltic-andesitic rocks, reference ages are recommended as guides for stratigraphic correlations of the Miocene volcanics and basements in SE Korea. The times of accumulation of basin-fill sediments are also deduced from ages of related volcanics. Recommended reference ages are well matched to the whole stratigraphic sequences despite complicated basin structures and a relative short time-span. The Beomgokri Group evidently predates the Janggi Group in the Eoil-Waeup basins, while it is placed at an overlapped time-level along with the earlier Janggi Group in the Janggi Basin. Therefore, the two groups cannot be uniformly defined in a sequential order. The Janggi Group of the Janggi Basin can be evidently subdivided by ca. 20 Ma-basis into two parts, i.e., the earlier (23-20 Ma) andesitic-dacitic and later (20-18 Ma) basaltic strata.

• Journal of the Korean earth science society
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• v.31 no.6
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• pp.573-583
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• 2010

A paleobotanical study of the fossil woods has been carried out from the Tertiary Janggi Group, Pohang Basin. Three species belonging to three genera of Ulmus sp., Prunus sp., and Acer sp. were identified from the Lower Coalbearing Formation, and two species of two genera of Taxodioxylon sp. and Fagus hondoensis (Watari) from the Upper Coal-bearing Formation. As our specimens are mostly poorly preserved, it is difficult to give clear specific names, but mostly are all characteristic constitutional elements of the Miocene fossil woods in Korea. The values of mean sensitivity measured from the fossil woods of Lower and Upper Coal-bearing Formations are 0.367 and 0.370 respectively, but they are more than 0.30. Based on the present two data mentioned above, it stands to reason that there were many changes in the water supply to the roots of the woods or having influence to some degree each year because of the seasonal changes in rainfall.

• Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea
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• v.18 no.4 s.46
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• pp.277-288
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• 2005

Perlite, a hydrated volcanic glass, occurs mainly as a bed-like body, and is distributed intermittently along the unconformity surface between the Beomgockri Group and its lower formations, viz. Janggi Group. The perlite is intimately associated with surrounding pumiceous welded tuff and rhyodacites in space and time. Compared to the typical perlite, the perlite is rather silica-poor and impure, and thus, includes lots of phenocrysts and rock fragments. Nearly the perlite is compositionally rather close to a pitchstone than a perlite in water contents. Petrographic comparison between perlite and associated volcanic to volcaniclastic rocks indicates that pumiceous welded tuff and rhyodacite seem to be Protolith of the Perlite. A Zr/$TiO_{2}$-Nb/Y diagram and field occurrence of perlite and their protolithic rocks also conforms the above interpretation. Kn addition, remnant vesicles in perlite strongly reflect that the precursor of perlitic glass appeared to be pumice fragment as well as volcanic glass. The perlite was diagenetically formed by way of a pervasive water-rock interaction at the deposition of the Manghaesan Formation in lacustrine environment. During perlitization, $SiO_{2}$ and alkali tend to be consistently depleted. Preexisting system of the Beomgockri Group based on the perlite formation should be corrected, because the perlite was formed diagenetically without lateral persistence in its occurrence.

• 한국지구과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.101-102
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• 2010

규화목은 목본식물의 2차목부가 화석화된 것으로 화석화 과정에서 여러 종류의 무기물이 세포를 치환하거나 세포의 내강 또는 간극에 침투하여 고화된 것이다. 이 과정에서 목재의 해부학적 구조가 잘 보존되는 경우가 많고 이를 통해 목재의 수종을 비교적 정확히 동정할 수 있을 뿐만 아니라 과거 환경에 대한 정보를 얻을 수 있다. 목재는 유관속 형성층에 의해 매년 새롭게 형성되어 축적되며 형성된 조직은 성장하는 당해 기후변화를 반영하게 된다. 따라서 화석목재를 통해 과거 기후조건을 복원할 수 있는 정보를 얻을 수 있는 경우도 많다). 본 연구는 포항 분지의 신제3기 마이오세 장기층군에서 채집한 규화목의 조직과 나이테 분석을 통해 고환경을 해석한 것이다. 장기층군에서 채집한 15개의 규화목 표본 중 나이테가 잘 나타나는 5개 표본에서 나이테를 분석하고 그중 조직이 잘 보존된 1개의 표본에 대해 목재해부학적 연구를 수행하였다. 나무가 성장함에 따라 나타나는 나이테의 폭은 환경적 요인 등으로 매년 일정하지 않다. 이런 인접연륜간의 연륜변동성을 알아보기 위해 연륜연대학(Dendrochronology)에서 널리 사용되는 평균민감도 측정 방법을 사용하였다. 평균민감도는 연륜변동이 어느 정도있느냐를 알아보는 것으로 인접한 연륜들 사이의 차이를 측정하여 인접연륜간 연륜변동성을 나타낸다. 평균민감도 값이 크면 연륜폭 변동이 크다는 것을 의미하며 나무가 자라는 당시 환경인자의 변화량이 컸다고 해석할 수 있다. 조직이 잘 보존된 1개의 표본은 목재해부학적 특징상 느릅나무과(Ulmaceae) 느릅나무속(Ulmus)으로 동정되었다. 또한 5개 표본의 나이테를 분석한 결과 평균민감도는 0.34~0.41 범위를 나타내며 전체 평균은 0.37의 값을 갖는 것으로 나타났다. 이것은 규화목 생성 당시 환경이 온대기후를 지시하며, 물 공급이 매년 계절적인 제한을 받았거나 다양한 변화가 있어 계절적으로 강수량 변화가 있었음을 지시한다.

• Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea
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• v.19 no.3 s.49
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• pp.197-207
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• 2006

In the coal-bearing formations of the Janggi Group, which are reported as typical clastic sediments, several beds of volcaniclastic rocks are actually found in the Yeongil area. The coal-bearing formations generally exhibit alternating lithologic characteristics of pyroclastic and epiclastic sedimentary facies. Tuff and tuffaceous sandstone rich in pumice fragments are characteristic in the coal-bearing fermations. Diagenetic minerals found in the pyroclastic rocks of the upper and lower coal-bearing formations are montmorillonite, clinoptilolite, opal-CT, and quartz. Several tuffaceous beds correspond to the low-grade ores of zeolites and bentonite, and moreover, these ores mostly occur as thin beds less than 1 m in thickness. Thus, the potential of altered tuffaceous rocks as the resources typical of zeolite and bentonite seems to be low. However, based on mineral composition and CEC determinations, it can be evaluated that these tuffaceous rocks mostly have the promising potential for utilization as the absorbent-functional mineral resources such as acid clays, if these low-grade ores plus adjacent tuffaceous rocks are collectively exploited.

• Journal of the Korean earth science society
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.319-327
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• 2008

A paleobotanical study of the Metasequoia has been carried out from the Miocene Keumkwangdong Formation of the non-marine Janggi Group in the Pohang Basin. As a result of this study, deciduous leafy shoots mostly belong to a single species of Metasequoia occidentalis. This species is characterized by its opposite leaves with decurrent base, and by its presence of scale leaf at base of petiole. This species is common in the Korean Tertiary floras in Miocene age, yet it has not been recorded in the Korean Peninsula after Miocene. Based on the distribution and ecology of extant Metasequoia. it is considered that the Metasequoia might have flourished in the fluvial plains as swamp forest.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.315-324
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• 2016

Because of a fissility characteristics of shale in the Gyoungsang super-group, it breaks down to debris when daylighted by construction work and causes a slope unstability. To assess the durability property of shale, a series of slake durability tests was conducted by controlling test conditions such as shape of specimen, number of specimen, revolution speed, revolution number, drying temperature and pH of submerging liquid. For the specimen shape, cube one showed relatively lower durability index than cuboid and/or fan shape one. The test with the more number of specimens showed the less durability index because of a higher friction among specimens in the drum. The durability index is linearly decreased by increasing the total number of revolution, while the revolution velocity could not affect the index. And the durability index is also decreased by increasing the drying temperature of specimen and by decreasing the pH of submerging liquid. Because the durability index of shale is almost similar to that of crystalline rocks, the disintegration characteristics of shale could not be assessed by the slake durability test recommended by ISRM, and thus a new test method by changing the total revolution number may be required for the shale having fissility characteristics.

• The Journal of the Petrological Society of Korea
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• v.16 no.2 s.48
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• pp.73-81
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• 2007

A basaltic tuff formation (Upper Basaltic Tuff of the Janggi Group) occurs in close association with basalt (Yeonil Basalt) at the Tertiary Janggi basin. The purpose of this paper is to describe the occurrence of the basaltic tuff and associated basalt and to determine their mode of formation. The basaltic rocks of the study area show few distinct lithofacies, all of which are originated from the interaction of basaltic magma with external water. The four lithofacies include (1) sideromelane shard hyaloclastite, (2) pillow breccia, (3) entablature-jointed basalt, and (4) in-situ breccia. The sideromelane shard hyaloclastite constitutes most of the Upper Basaltic Tuff and has a gradual contact with the pillow breccia. The pillow breccia consists of a poorly sorted mixture of isolated and broken pillows, and small basalt globules and fragments engulfed in a volcanic matrix of sideromelane shard hyaloclastite. The entablature-jointed basalt occurs as a small body within the hyaloclastite. It is characterized by irregularly-curved joints known as entablature. The in-situ breccia occurs as a marginal facies of entablature-jointed basalt, and its width varies from 10 to 30m. The result of this study indicates that the basaltic tuff and associated basalts of the study area were produced by the volcanic activity of same period and the basaltic tuff was formed by subaqueous eruption of basaltic lava followed by nonexplosive quench fragmentation.