• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.31-50
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• 2009

The demarcation of Maritime Boundary is directly related to the expansion of jurisdiction and the securing of resources. Resource diplomacies of the three countries Korea, China and Japan represent a major task for the national administrations : to secure resources as well as to stablize and sustain resources for future national economies. At the sea area around Korea as well, countries are fiercely competing to secure resources and to expand jurisdiction. This is evidenced by the fact that various principles and logics which are beneficial to each own country are presented through international precedents, agreement between countries and the theories of the international law scholars. They say that the conclusion of demarcation of maritime boundary for the Yellow Sea would be easy from the point that there is no dispute related to island dominion in the waters of the Korean Peninsula especially the Yellow Sea, but still we need to have a strategic approach to this issue from the point that the factors used for claiming maritime boundaries may expand the waters of a country over much. For example, the continental shelf boundary in consideration of the distribution of sedimentary deposits in the Yellow Sea which is being raised by China began from the hypothesis that the inflow of sedimentary deposits to the Yellow Sea through the rivers of China represents absolute majority, but the results of the latest studies raised questions on the hypothesis. Especially, the studies done by Martin and Yang revealed that the inflow of sedimentary deposits to the Yellow Sea from the Yellow River is approximately less than 1% of total sedimentary deposits in the Yellow Sea, and also the result of analysis on the causes and counter policy measures on the environment of Bohai, China supports the reliability of the results of such studies. From a legal aspect, the sedimentary deposits of rivers which are claimed by China represent extremely weak ground for the claim for the title of the continental shelf. The siltline claimed by China seems to be based on the Article 76-4-(a)(i) of UNCLOS. This is, however, not the definition on the title of the continental shelf but it is only a technical formula to utilize in a case where a country desires to expand the continental shelf to over 200 nautical miles. Scientific and Technical Guidelines of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf also confirm this point through the Article 2.1.2 of the Guideline. The only case in which sedimentary deposits of rivers were referred to as concrete demarcation of maritime boundary was in the which was concluded in 1986 between India and Myanmar at the Andaman Sea. In the said case, India acknowledged the boundary up to the isobath of 200m which Myanmar claimed based on the sedimentary deposits of the Irrawaddy River. It has limits as a case for acknowledging the sedimentary deposits, however, because in fact India's acknowledgment was made in exchange for the condition that Myanmar gave up the dominion of two islands which they had been claiming from India up until that time.

• 한국지형학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.13-24
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• 2020

This study analyzed the characteristics of the grain size distribution of the sediments obtained from the flooding in Ibang-myeon, Changnyeong-gun, which was caused by the collapse of a embarkment on the Nakdong River on August 9, 2020. As a results, it was found that the mean grain size decreases and the sorting becomes poorer as the distance from the embarkment collapse point increases. This is attributed to the fact that the transport energy of the river decreases when flooding occurs, ensuring that coarse-grained sediments are deposited first. Further, as the transport energy further reduces and becomes dispersed, the sorting for the fine-grained sediments becomes poor. Considering the characteristics of spatial distribution, sediments along the farm road showed the properties of floodplain deposits that transport to natural levee and back swamp due to river flooding. On the other hand, sediments along the irrigation ditch exhibited the properties of the deposits that are carried by the flow backward of ditch from the river after the collapse of the embarkment. The results of this study are significant because characteristics of flood sediments were elucidated for major rivers where flooding rarely occurs due to the recently built artificial structures. In addition, by applying the grain size distribution characteristics of present river flood sediments, it will be able to contribute to clarifying the sedimentary environments of the paleo river flood deposits.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.385-400
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• 2004

The Lago Sofia Conglomerate encased in the 2km thick hemipelagic mudstones and thinbedded turbidites of the Cretaceous Cerro Toro Formation, southern Chile, is a deposit of a gigantic submarine channel developed along a foredeep trough. It is hundreds of meters thick kilometers wide, and extends for more than 120km from north to south, representing one of the largest ancient submarine channels in the world. The channel deposits consist of four major facies, including stratified conglomerates (Facies A), massive or graded conglomerates (Facies B), normally graded conglomerates with intraformational megaclasts (Facies C), and thick-bedded massive sandstones (Facies D). Conglomerates of Facies A and B show laterally inclined stratification, foreset stratification, and hollow-fill structures, reminiscent of terrestrial fluvial deposits and are suggestive of highly competent gravelly turbidity currents. Facies C conglomerates are interpreted as deposits of composite or multiphase debris flows associated with preceding hyperconcentrated flows. Facies D sandstones indicate rapidly dissipating, sand-rich turbidity currents. The Lago Sofia Conglomerate occurs as isolated channel-fill bodies in the northern part of the study area, generally less than 100m thick, composed mainly of Facies C conglomerates and intercalated between much thicker fine-grained deposits. Paleocurrent data indicate sediment transport to the east and southeast. They are interpreted to represent tributaries of a larger submarine channel system, which joined to form a trunk channel to the south. The conglomerate in the southern part is more than 300 m thick, composed of subequal proportions of Facies A, B, and C conglomerates, and overlain by hundreds of m-thick turbidite sandstones (Facies D) with scarce intervening fine-grained deposits. It is interpreted as vertically stacked and interconnected channel bodies formed by a trunk channel confined along the axis of the foredeep trough. The channel bodies in the southern part are classified into 5 architectural elements on the basis of large-scale bed geometry and sedimentary facies: (1) stacked sheets, indicative of bedload deposition by turbidity currents and typical of broad gravel bars in terrestrial gravelly braided rivers, (2) laterally-inclined strata, suggestive of lateral accretion with respect to paleocurrent direction and related to spiral flows in curved channel segments around bars, (3) foreset strata, interpreted as the deposits of targe gravel dunes that have migrated downstream under quasi-steady turbidity currents, (4) hollow fills, which are filling thalwegs, minor channels, and local scours, and (5) mass-flow deposits of Facies C. The stacked sheets, laterally inclined strata, and hollow fills are laterally transitional to one another, reflecting juxtaposed geomorphic units of deep-sea channel systems. It is noticeable that the channel bodies in the southern part are of feet stacked toward the east, indicating eastward migration of the channel thalwegs. The laterally inclined strata also dip dominantly to the east. These features suggest that the trunk channel of the Lago Sofia submarine channel system gradually migrated eastward. The eastward channel migration is Interpreted to be due to tectonic forcing imposed by the subduction of an oceanic plate beneath the Andean Cordillera just to the west of the Lago Sofia submarine channel.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.85-106
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• 2017

The Lago Sofia conglomerate in southern Chile is a deep-marine gravelly deposit, which is hundreds of meters thick and kilometers wide and extends laterally for more than 100 km, filling the foredeep trough of the Cretaceous Magallanes Basin. For understanding the depositional processes and environments of this gigantic deep-sea conglomerate, detailed analyses on sedimentary facies, architecture and paleoflow patterns were carried out, highlighting the differences between the northern (Lago Pehoe and Lago Goic areas) and southern (Lago Sofia area) parts of the study area. The conglomerate bodies in the northern part occur as relatively thin (< 100 m thick), multiple units intervened by thick mudstone-dominated sequences. They show paleoflows toward ENE and S to SW, displaying a converging drainage pattern. In the southern part, the conglomerate bodies are vertically interconnected and form a thick (> 400 m thick) conglomerate sequence with rare intervening fine-grained deposits. Paleoflows are toward SW. The north-to-south variations are also distinct in sedimentary facies. The conglomerate bodies in the southern part are mainly composed of clast-supported conglomerate with sandy matrix, which is interpreted to be deposited from highly concentrated bedload layers under turbidity currents. Those in the northern part are dominated by matrix- to clast-supported conglomerate with muddy matrix, which is interpreted as the products of composite mass flows comprising a turbidity current, a gravelly hyperconcentrated flow and a mud-rich debris flow. All these characteristics suggest that the Lago Sofia conglomerate was formed in centripetally converging submarine channels, not in centrifugally diverging channels of submarine fans. The tributaries in the north were dominated by mass flows, probably affected by channel-bank failures or basin-marginal slope instability processes. In contrast, the trunk channel in the south was mostly filled by tractive processes, which resulted in the vertical and lateral accretion of gravel bars, deposition of gravel dunes and filling of scours and channels, similar to deposits of terrestrial gravel-bed rivers. The trunk channel developed along the axis of foredeep trough and its confinement within the trough is probably responsible for the thick, interconnected channel fills. The large-scale architecture of the trunk-channel fills shows an eastward offset stacking pattern, suggesting that the channel migrated eastwards most likely due to the uplift of the Andean Cordillera.

• 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.81-92
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• 2011

부산 수영만의 퇴적환경을 파악하기 위해 고해상도 탄성파 자료(chirp and sparker system)를 활용한 해석을 실시하였다. 연구해역의 퇴적단위는 음향기반을 피복하는 세 개의 퇴적단위(SU1a, SU1b, SU2)로 구성되며 각각의 퇴적단위는 침식 부정합면에 의해 구분된다. 최하부의 SU1a는 음향학적으로 평행하고 연속적인 내부 반사면의 특징을 가지며, 상부의 SU1b는 불규칙한 내부 반사면을 보인다. 최상부 퇴적단위인 SU2는 탄성파 단면상에서 투명 음향상 특징을 가진다. 음향기반 상부경계면은 침식 부정합면의 특징을 보이며 동쪽으로 향하면서 깊어지는데, 이는 인접한 수영강의 영향에 의한 것으로 생각된다. 이 침식면 상부에 퇴적된 SU1a와 SU1b는 저지대를 충진하는 형태로 분포한다. SU2는 연구해역 전반에 걸쳐 광역적으로 나타난다. 본 연구에 활용된 고해상도 탄성파 자료는 수영만의 퇴적환경 및 역사에 대한 중요한 정보를 제공하였으며, 그 결과 해수면 변동, 염하구 환경 및 인접 하천에서의 육상기원 퇴적물 유입 등이 연구해역의 주요 퇴적기작에 해당하는 것으로 해석된다.

• 한국지역지리학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.225-239
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• 2016

적중 초계분지는 분지 내에서 발원하는 소하천을 합류한 산내천이 북류하여 분지를 빠져나가는 출구를 제외하면 분수계로 둘러싸여 완전한 분지 형태를 취한다. 퇴적암이 혼펠스화된 남서, 남, 남동쪽 분수계의 산지는 높고 북쪽은 구릉지이다. 이들 사이의 분지저에는 선상지와 범람원이 형성되었다. 분수계 해발고도와 유역분지 규모에 비례하여 큰 하천들이 발원하는 남쪽 분수계 전면의 선상지는 규모가 크지만, 서쪽과 동쪽으로 갈수록 작아진다. 분지의 북쪽에 분포하는 범람원은 대부분 황강의 홍수퇴적물로 덮여있다. 적중 초계분지는 기반암의 차별침식이나 운석충돌보다 지반운동에 의한 지질구조선이나 단층선을 따라 기반암이 풍화되면서 분지가 형성되었을 가능성이 높다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.633-642
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• 2005

동중국해 북부 대륙붕에 발달한 후기 홀로세 니질 퇴적체의 분포양상과 층서의 발달 특성을 밝히기 위해 고해상도 Chirp 탄성파 단면 자료를 이용하여 분석하였다. 고해상 탄성파 단면도상에서 음향기반암(기저 경계면 B)위에 2개의 퇴적층서(Unit 1과 2)가 나타나며 이들은 침식 경계면(중간 반사면 M)으로 경계된다. 하위 퇴적층서 Unit 1은 음향학적으로 평행 또는 준평행 반사층리와 수로 충진 퇴적상이 나타난다. 상위 퇴적층서 Unit 2는 반투명 내부 퇴적상과 7m 이하 퇴적두께의 렌즈형태로 발달해 있다. 시퀀스 층서분석으로부터 이들 퇴적층서는 마지막 저해수준 이후 형성되었다. 해침 퇴적체(Unit 1)는 최후 빙기동안 형성된 층서 경계면위에 바로 분포한다. 해침 퇴적체는 침식곡의 염하구 환경하에서 하천, 델타, 그리고 조간대 환경의 복합 퇴적물로 구성된다. 해침 퇴적체 바로 위는 침식 저지형의 최대 범람면이 나타난다. 최대 범람면위에 발달한 고해수준 퇴적체(Unit 2)은 저지대를 충진하는 니질 퇴적체로 구성된다. 니질 퇴적체는 제주도 남쪽 약 140km 떨어진 곳에 마치 태풍 같은 모양의 원형 형태로 수심 약 60-90m 사이에 집중적으로 발달해 있다. 이 퇴적체의 분포 면적과 부피는 각각 약 $3,200km^2$와 약 $10.7\times1109m^3$이다. 니질 퇴적체의 기원은 고황하와 양자강에서 배출된 부유퇴적물의 혼합기원으로 해석된다. 원형의 분포형태는 북부 동중국해에 발달한 반시계 방향의 와류 순환계로 인해 형성된 것으로 판단된다.

• 대한지리학회지
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.447-462
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• 2009

본 연구는 태백산맥의 남쪽 말단부에 위치하며 유역 분지의 대부분이 퇴적암으로 구성된 고현천을 대상으로, 하안단구 지형 분류 및 퇴적물 분석을 통해 하안단구의 분포 특성과 형성 과정을 고찰하였다. 고현천 하곡에는 1면$\sim$3면의 하안단구가 발달해 있으며, 충적층의 퇴적 상태와 암석 하상의 존재로 판단할 때, 침식단구일 가능성이 높다. 고현천 하안단구 1면의 형성시기는 약 37,000년 전으로 MIS(Marine Oxygen Isotope Stage) 3시기에 해당하며, 하안단구 2면은 약 113,000년 전으로 MIS 5시기에 해당된다. 따라서 고현천의 하안단구는 상대적으로 온난한, 빙기 내의 아간빙기 또는 간빙기 내의 냉량기에 형성된 것으로 추정된다. 고현천 하안단구 1면의 하각률은 0.054m/ka, 2면의 하각률은 0.115m/ka로 계산되었는데, 이는 낮은 지반 융기율과 부족한 유량으로 인해 우리나라의 다른 하천보다 낮은 하각률을 나타내는 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.159-169
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• 2004

Sedimentation and depositional pattern of the fine-grained sediments in the southeastern inner shelf of Korea were studied using a very high-resolution seismic profiles and sediment data. The recent mud deposits up to 45 m thick are distributed in the inner shelf forming a nearshore belt from the eastern part of Geoje Island to off the Pohang along the coast. The sediment in this area consists of homogeneous mud with mean grain size between $8.6\;to\;5.3\phi$ and does not show any distinct variability It gradually becomes finer and well sorted northeastward along the coast. Sediments normally appear as structureless massive mud but X-radiographs show that some bioturbation and faint lamination are present. The sediments accumulate at a rate of 0.18-0.44 cm/yr and the rate coincides well with the long-term (a 1000-year scale) accumulation based on very high-resolution seismic data. Distribution of wet bulk density and velocity shows a gradual increase from the southeastern part of Ulsan to off Pohang, whereas porosity shows a reverse pattern. Correlations between velocity and porosity/mean grain size are different from other regions compared, due to the difference of sediment texture and sedimentary environment. The recent shelf deposits are seismically characterized by three distinct facies: 1) well-stratified (near the river mouth), 2) semi-transparent (eastern part of Geoje Island), and 3) transparent (off Ulsan). The results suggest that fine-grained sediment derived from rivers, forming a nearshore mud belt, have been transported northeastward by the northeastward-flowing coastal current.

• 한국지역지리학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.51-62
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• 1997

우리나라 대하천 유역의 곳곳에는 분지(盆地)들이 산재(散在)한다. 분지저(盆地底)(basin floor)에는 주변을 둘러싼 산지에서 하천이 운반해 온 사력물질(砂礫物質)이 쌓여 충적평야가 형성되어 생산성이 상대적으로 높기 때문에 행정 경제 문화적 중심지를 이룬다. 산간분지(山間盆地)는 배후산지(背後山地)와 구릉지(丘陵地), 그리고 저평지(低平地)로 구성되어 있다. 본 논문에서는 퇴적암 지역에 위치한 안계분지(安溪盆地)를 선정하여 그 형성과정(形成過程)과 형성시기(形成時期)를 구명(究明)해 보고자 한다. 안계분지내에 분포하는 해발고도 $80{\sim}100m$의 구릉지는 온난다습한 기후하에서 지질연경차와 지질구조선을 따라 심층풍화된 기반암 풍화층이 탈거되면서 만들어진 etchplain이 해석되고 남겨진 잔유물이다. 이들 구릉지는 etchplain 형성시부터 비교적 높은 기복을 이루었기 때문에 유수의 작용을 받은 적이 없다. 이들 구릉지로 표현되는 etchplain은 위천의 하천시스템이 평형상태를 이루어 위천의 하상이 국지적 침식기준면으로 작용함으로써 낙동강 상류유역에 고위 하안단구가 형성되고 서부리에 절단곡류가 만들어진 동일 시기에 형성되었다.