• Journal of The Geomorphological Association of Korea
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.163-175
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• 2011

Slackwater deposits are fine-grained flood sediments that deposited in areas of reduced velocity during flood period. These deposits have been used in numerous studies to estimate the magnitude and frequency of discrete flood events as the most commonly utilized PSIs (palaeostage indicators) in palaeoflood hydrology. Palaeoflood data by analysis of the slackwater deposits contribute to improve the estimation of flood-probability and reconstruct the palaeo-environment and past fluvial process. However, very few studies of these flood deposits have been carried out in Korea. Therefore, this study attempts to review the studies about slackwater deposits analysis and to investigate the characteristics, the research methods of slackwater deposits and the research-provability in Korea.