• 한국광물학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.49-61
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• 2009

2000년과 2007년 한국해양연구원에서 채취한 황해남동부, 한국남해 및 제주도 남단 해역의 표층 퇴적물 시료 131정점에 대하여 정량X선 회절분석법을 이용하여 광물조성을 구한 후, 이를 이용하여 각광물의 분포도를 작성하여, 연구 해역 퇴적물의 근원지를 추정하였다. 연구지역 표층퇴적물은 조암광물(석영 37.4%, 사장석 11.7 %, 알카리장석 5.5%, 각섬석 3.1%), 점토광물(일라이트 19.2%, 녹니석 4.7%, 카올리나이트 1.8%) 및 탄산염광물(방해석 10.7%, 아라고나이트 3.4%)로 구성되어 있다. 점토광물의 분포는 세립질 퇴적물의 분포 양상과 거의 비슷한데, 특히 흑산니질대(HSMD: Hucksan Mudbelt Deposit), 한국남해니질대(SSKMD: South Sea of Korea Mudbelt Deposit) 그리고 제주니질대(JJMD: Jeju Mudbelt Deposit)의 분포 양상과 대부분 일치한다. 지난 최후 빙기의 잔류퇴적물로 생각되는 연구지역 내 조립질 퇴적물은 조암광물을 많이 포함하며, 그 상부에 퇴적된 세립질 퇴적물은 점토광물을 많이 포함하고 있다. 연구해역의 점토광물 조성과 주요해류의 흐름 및 지리적인 요소를 고려하면 흑산니 질대와 한국남해니질대는 주로 한반도 기원의 세립질 퇴적물이 퇴적된 것으로 추정되며, 제주니질대는 한반도뿐만 아니라 원양의 부유퇴적물이 복합적으로 퇴적된 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.96-106
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• 2004

A total of 116 surface sediment samples were obtained on the Yellow Sea and analyzed for grain size and geochemical elements in order to interpret the present sediment transportation. Thirty-nine cores and 3,070 line-km shallow seismic profiles are analyzed for sedimentary records of Yellow Sea in the past. Results show that the boundary of sediment transport between Korean side and Chinese side is about between $123^{\circ}E$ and $124^{\circ}E$. The similar result is produced from Shi et al. (in this publication). Two cyclonic patterns of surface sediments are recognized in the northeastern and southwestern Yellow Sea, while the strong front zone of the mud patch and sandy sediments are found in the southeastern Yellow Sea (the southwestern part of Korean coasts). The formation of fine-particle sediment packages, called for Northwest Mudbelt Deposit (NWMD), Hucksan Mudbelt Deposit (HSMD) and Jeju Mudbelt Deposit (JJMD), are resulted from eddies (gyres) of water circulations in the Yellow Sea. NWMD has been formed by cyclonic (anticlockwise) eddy. NWMD is composed of thick, homogeneous, relatively semi-consolidated gray clay-dominated deposit. On the other hand, HSMD and JJMD are formed by anticyclonic (clockwise) eddies. They are thick, homogeneous, organic-rich gray, silt-dominated deposit. Both core and surface sediments show that the middle zone across Chinese and Korean side contains bimodal frequency of grain-size distribution, indicating that two different transport mechanisms exist. These mud packages are surrounded by sand deposits from both Korea and China seas, indicating that Yellow Sea, which is the shallow sea and epicontinental shelf, is formed mostly by sand deposits including relict sands. The seismic profiles show such as small erosional/non-depositional channels, sand-ridges and sand-waves, Pleistocene-channelfilled deposits, a series of channels in the N-S major channel system, and thick Holocene sediment package, indicating that more complex sedimentary history exists in the Yellow Sea.