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The Distribution, Ages and Uplift Ratio ofmarine Terraces in SE coast of Korea: Review (동해안 해성단구 분포, 형성시기 및 융기율 검토)

  • Kim, Ju-Yong;Yang, Dong-Yoon;Kim, Jin-Kwan;Lee, Jin-Young;Kim, Jeong-Chan;Hong, Sei-Sun;Oh, Keun-Chang;Choi, Don-Won
    • The Korean Journal of Quaternary Research
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.27-40
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    • 2005

  • Researches onmarine terrace in Korea have been drastically progressed during the last two decades.main themes of researches include vertical and horizontal distribution of paleo-shoreline, sedimentary facies ofmarine terrace deposits, OSL dating of terrace deposits and estimation of uplift rate. At present, it is noted thatmarine terraces distributed at the same altitude do not always show the same sedimentary facies, nor have the same ages.marine terraces are generally divided into five terrace systems, of which ages increase in ascending order. There are some arguments about discrimination between 2nd and 3rd terrace systems and their age. The core discrepancy lies on the question of whether the level of the last interglacial terrace is on the level of about 20m or on the 30~35m(~40m) in altitude. The uplift rate based on the paleoshoreline distribution ranges between 0.10 and 0.20m/ka.

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