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Depositional Environment of the Cambrian Machari Formation in the Yeongweol Area, Gangweon Province, Korea

  • Chung, Gong-Soo;Lee, Eun-Kyung
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.72-86
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    • 2002
  • The Middle to Late Cambrian Machari Formation in the Machari area, Yeongweol, Korea consists of 7 lithofacies and 3 facies associations, which are thought to be deposits of carbonate ramp (mid to outer ramp) to basin environment. These lithofacies are bedded lime mudstone, laminated lime mudstone, bioclastic/peloidal packstone to grainstone, poloidal/bioclastic wackestone, conglomerate, mottled lime mudstone, and shale. Bedded lime mudstone facies, a few cm thick lime mudstone alternating with shale layer, is believed to have been deposited by intermittent dilute turbidity currents. Laminated lime mudstone facies, alternating lime mudstone with laminated shale, is interpreted to have been formed by fine-grained turbidity currents. Bioclastic/peloidal packstone to grainstone facies was deposited by turbidity current and peloidal/bioclastic wackestone faceis was deposited by debris flow. Conglomerate facies is thought to be deposits of storm activities. Mottled lime mudstone facies is interpreted to have been formed by bioturbation. Shale facies is interpreted to have been formed by suspension settling. Seven lithofacies of the Machari Formation are divided into three facies associations. Facies association I consisted of bedded lime mudstone facies, mottled lime mudstone facies, conglomerate facies, and bioclastic/peloidal packstone to grainstone facies, is interpreted to have been deposited on the mid ramp. Facies assocaition II consisted of bedded lime mudstone facies, laminated lime mudstone facies, bioclastic/peloidal packstone to grainstone facies, and peloidal/bioclastic wackestone facies is thought to be deposits of the outer ramp. Facies association III consisted of laminated lime mudstone facies and shale facies is interpreted to have been formed on the basin environment.

Thin-bedded, Fine-grained Lacustrine Turbidite Facies on the Northern Coast of Jindo and the Adjacent Area: Density underflow-induced, Ash-rich Turbidity Current Deposits

  • Chang Tae Soo;Chun Seung Soo
    • 한국석유지질학회:학술대회논문집
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    • spring
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    • pp.29-37
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    • 1998
  • The sedimentary succession on the northern coast of Jindo and the adjacent area comprises the thinly bedded, fine-grained deposits of an epiclastic sandstone, siltstone, black shale/mudstone, and cherty mudstone (ca. 200m in vertical thickness), which are interpreted as the finely stratified turbidites mainly by density underflow-induced currents. Most deposits can be divided into eight facies: thin-bedded, ash-rich massive sandstone layer (mS), graded and laminated mudstone layer (glM), graded mudstone layer with ripple lamination (rM), laminated and graded siltstone layer (lgZ), finely laminated black shale layer (IBS), structureless mudstone layer (mM), thin-bedded cherty mudstone layer (lCM), and contorted and laminated mudstone layer (dlM), The thin-bedded, ash-rich sandstone facies is interpreted to be deposited from high-density turbid underflows during a relatively large flooding. Most thinly bedded mudstone facies would be deposited from low-density turbid underflows (turbidity currents) with some different hydrodynamic condition and sediment concentration during the high discharge of river water. Whereas the structureless mudstone facies may result from raining down of suspended sediment intermittently supplied by overflows and interflows. From the entire succession, graded and laminated mudstone layers interbedded with thin-bedded, ash-rich massive sandstone are dominant in the lower part of the succession, and graded mudstone layers with ripple lamination ripple lamination occur mainly in the middle part of it. On the other hand, iaminated/raded siltstone and contorted/laminated mudstone layers prevail in the upper part. The transition of facies association is suggestive of the continuous change of main depositional setting from basin plain to lower slope, which could be due to the movement of depocenter by the increase of sediment supply (volcanic activity).

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Correction of Asymmetric Crying Facies with Botulinum Toxin A Injection: A Case Report (비대칭 우는 얼굴에서 보툴리눔 독소 A를 이용한 치험례)

  • Park, Seong Oh;Kim, Min Ho;Song, Jung Yoon;Park, Ji Ung;Yun, Byung Min;Choi, Tae Hyun;Kim, Sukwha
    • Archives of Craniofacial Surgery
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.125-128
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    • 2011
  • Purpose: Asymmetric crying facies is caused by agenesis or hypoplasia of the depressor anguli oris muscle and is often associated various anomalies. Several static and dynamic surgical interventions have been reported, but their effects are unreliable. We report on the successful use of botulinum toxin A in an asymmetric crying facies patient. Methods: A 4-year-old girl presented with a facial asymmetry on crying or smiling. Physical examination revealed that her face had no asymmetry at rest. However, the patient showed characteristic asymmetry when smiling, crying, and with other normal facial movements. Asymmetric crying facies was clinically suspected and the weakness of left depressor anguli oris was present on electrophysiology study. Fifteen units of botulinum toxin type A were injected to the right depressor anguli oris muscle. Results: The patient showed the prominent improvement in the facial symmetry without significant complication and the effect persisted until 3 months post injection. Conclusion: Asymmetric crying facies was treated successfully with botulinum toxin A and this method was easy and noninvasive.

Depositional processes and environmental changes during initial flooding of an epeiric platform: Liguan Formation (Cambrian Series 2), Shandong Province, China

  • Lee, Hyun Suk;Chen, Jitao;Han, Zuozhen;Chough, Sung Kwun
    • Geosciences Journal
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.903-919
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    • 2018
  • This paper focuses on the depositional processes and environmental changes during initial marine flooding recorded in the lower Cambrian succession of the North China Platform in Shandong Province, China. In order to understand imbalance of accommodation and sediment supply in the initial stage of basin-fill, a detailed analysis of sedimentary facies was made for the lowermost siliciclastic deposits of the Liguan Formation. It reveals ten siliciclastic lithofacies in three large-scale outcrops (Jinhe, Anqianzhuang, and Zhangjiapo sections). These facies are grouped into four facies associations, representing siliciclastic foreshoreshoreface (S1), siliciclastic offshore (S2), distributary mouth bars (S3), and coastal plain (S4). The siliciclastic components occur in a linear belt, emanating from a major drainage system in the northeastern part of the platform. Deposition of siliciclastic sediments was largely controlled by regional topography of the unconformable surface and shoreline configuration as well as strong effect of waves and currents. With ensued rise in sea level and decrease in siliciclastic sediment supply, carbonate sediments prevailed, filling the accommodation created by epeirogenic subsidence and sediment loading.

Facies Analysis of the Early Mesozoic Hajo Formation in the Chungnam Basin, Boryeong, Korea (보령지역 충남 분지 중생대 초기 하조층의 퇴적상 분석)

  • Lee, Sin-Woo;Chung, Gong-Soo
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.31 no.1
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    • pp.18-35
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    • 2010
  • Facies analysis of the Late Triassic Hajo Formation, the lowest stratigraphic unit in the Chungnam Basin, shows that the lower part is composed mainly of breccias or conglomerates; the middle part, conglomerates; and the upper part, conglomerates and sandstones. The formation consists of 13 facies, which include horizontally stratified clastsupported conglomerate, clast-supported massive breccia, matrix-supported massive breccia or conglomerate, matrixsupported graded conglomerate, massive pebbly sandstone, horizontally laminated sandstone, massive sandstone, graded sandstone, inversely graded sandstone, planar cross-bedded sandstone, trough cross-bedded sandstone, low angle crossbedded sandstone, and massive mudstone. These are grouped into 4 facies associations (FA). FA I consisted of clastsupported and matrix-supported massive breccias presumably deposited in the talus or upper fan delta environment. FA II consists of matrix-supported massive conglomerate and horizontally stratified clast-supported conglomerate of cobble size and it seems to have been deposited in the upper fan delta environment. FAIII consisted of matrix-supported massive conglomerate of pebble size, horizontally laminated sandstone and massive sandstone may have been deposited in the middle fan delta environment. FAIV consists of massive pebbly sandstone, horizontally laminated sandstone and massive sandstone and presumably was deposited in the lower fan delta environment. In general the Hajo Formation is interpreted to have been deposited at the talus/upper fan delta environment in early stage; it might have been deposited in the alternating environments of upper and middle fan delta in middle stage; and it seems to have been deposited in alternating environments of middle and lower fan delta in late stage.

Quantitative Reconstruction of Sea Level Change Using Diatom-Based Transfer Function at Sinduk-ri, Gochang-Gun Since the Middle Holocene (규조기반 전이함수를 활용한 Holocene 중기 이후 고창군 신덕리 일대의 정량적 해수면 변동)

  • Kim, Jeong-Yun;Yoon, Soon-Ock;Yang, Dong Yoon;Hwang, Sangill
    • Journal of The Geomorphological Association of Korea
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.13-25
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    • 2017
  • This study is quantitative reconstruction of palaeo sea level records around Sinduk-ri, Gochang-Gun. 7 cores were collected from GC14 to GC18 in order to examine the entire sedimentary facies and reconstruct the sea level records. The cores were analysed by AMS, sedimentary facies, diatom and WA-pls. As a result of the diatom analysis, diatom zone were classified as No diatom zone, B1 zone, M zone and B2 zone. The result of WA-pls was that the sea level was about 1.5m lower than the present level around 6,000 BP and about 1m lower during last 5,000 BP. Thereafter, sea level rose to the present during the Mc sub-diatom zone period. Moreover, during the Md sub-diatom zone period, sea level was about 0.5m higher than the present.

Sea level change and paleogeomorphological change since the middle Holocene in the lowerreaches of Taehwa River, Ulsan-si, South Korea (울산시 태화강 하류부의 Holocene 중기 이래 해수면변동과 고지형변화)

  • Kim, Jeong-Yun;Hwang, Sangill;Yoon, Soon-Ock
    • Journal of The Geomorphological Association of Korea
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.61-75
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    • 2016
  • This study aims to reconstruct sea level change and paleogeomorphology since the middle Holocene by diatom analysis and 14C-dating from the sedimentary facies of three trenches on alluvial plain of Taehwa River, Taehwa-dong, Ulsan-si, South Korea. The Taewha-dong area was a narrow bay located between Bangeojin and eatuary of Taehwa River was a narrow bay which has been detached from the open sea during middle Holocene. Taewa-dong area at bay area was developed into alluvial plain by the sediments had been come from the Taewa river basin. The sea level change during the middle Holocene effected on the development of Taewha-dong alluvial plain and its information is included in the sediment facies.

Evolution and Sediment Facies of the Namdaecheon Spit, Yang-Yan Coast East Sea of korea (강원도 동해안 양양읍 남대천 하고 Spit Beach에 관한 연구)

  • 박용안
    • The Korean Journal of Quaternary Research
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 1998
  • 동해안의 강원도 양양읍 남대천 하구에 발달한 spit beach의 지형적변화(1979∼ 1996) 는 outlet의 위치변화와 해안선 모습의 변화로 규명되었는바 일차적인 변화는 해안에 평행한 spit의 성장이며 이차적인 변화는 spit폭의 변화(overwash across sedimentation)라 고 밝혀졌다. 해빈환경의 소환경(subenvironment)으로서 swash zone과 berm crest는 각각 의 특징적 퇴적상(조직매개변수)으로 구분되는바 이에 관한 분석결과가 기술되었다.

Mass-Movement of Slope Material Since the Last Glacial Period at Angol Basin within Downstream Area of Gurongcheon in Cheonan, Choongnam Province (충남 천안 구룡천 하류부 안골유역의 최종빙기 이후 사면물질이동)

  • PARK, Ji-Hoon;PARK, Kyeong
    • Journal of The Geomorphological Association of Korea
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.31-47
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    • 2010
  • The history of mass movement has been reconstructed from the Angol basin in Guryongcheon drainage basin. Sedimentary facies study, radiocarbon dating, particle size analysis, magnetic susceptibility and geomorphological analysis have been performed to reconstruct the paleo-environmental history of Angol basin. From 40,480 to 9,850yrBP there were five periods of slope instability and from 9,850yrBP to present there were at least four periods of slope instability. Magnetic susceptibility curves match well with the sedimentary facies data. This study may help reconstruct the denudational history of the small basins in Cheonan area and could be the cornerstone of the paleo-climatological study of the Korean Peninsula.

Geochemical Properties of Deep Sea Sediment in the Benthic Environmental Impact Experiment Site (BIS) of Korea (심해 저층환경충격 시험지역의 퇴적물 지화학적 특성)

  • Kong, Gee Soo;Hyeong, Kiseong;Choi, Hun-Soo;Chi, Sang-Bum
    • Ocean and Polar Research
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    • v.36 no.4
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    • pp.407-421
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    • 2014
  • The benthic environmental impact experiment addresses environmental impacts at a specific site related to deep-sea mineral resource development. We have acquired several tens of multi- or box core samples at 31 sites within the Benthic environmental Impact Site (BIS) since 2010, aiming to examine the basic properties of surficial deep-sea sediment as a potential source for deep-water plumes. In this study, we present the geochemical properties such as major elements, rare earth elements (REEs), and heavy metal contents at the BIS. Such proxies vary distinctly according to the Facies association. The lithology of all core sediments in the BIS corresponds to both Association Ib and Association IIIb. The vertical profiles of some major elements ($SiO_2$, $Fe_2O_3$, CaO, $P_2O_5$, MgO, MnO) show noticeable differences between Association Ib and IIIb, while others ($Al_2O_3$, $TiO_2$, $Na_2O$, and $K_2O$) do not vary between Association Ib and IIIb. REEs are also distinctly different for Associations Ib and IIIb; in Association Ib, REY and HREE/LREE are uniform through the sediment section, while they increase downward in Association IIIb like the major elements; below a depth of 8 cm, REY is over 500 ppm. The metal enrichment factor (EF) evaluates the anthropogenic influences of some metals (Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn, and Cd) in marine sediments. In both Associations, the EF for Cu is over 1.5, the EF for Ni and Pb ranges from 0.5 to 1.5, and the EF for Zn and Cd are less than 0.5, indicating Cu is enriched but Zn and Cd are relatively depleted in the BIS. The vertical variations of geochemical properties between Association Ib and IIIb are shown to be clearly different, which seems to be related to the global climate changes such as the shift of Intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ).