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Geophysical Evidence for the occurrence of gas hydrate in the Ulleung Basin, East Sea

동해 울릉분지의 가스하이드레이트 부존 지구물리증거

Yoo, D.G.;Kang, D.H.;Koo, N.H.;Kim, W.S.;Kim, G.Y.;Kim, B.Y.;Chung, S.H.;Kim, Y.J.;Lee, H.Y.;Park, K.P.;Lee, G.H.;Park, S.C.
유동근;강동효;구남형;김원식;김길영;김병엽;정순홍;김영준;이호영;박근필;이광훈;박수철

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Abstract

Analysis of multi-channel seismic reflection data collected from the Ulleung Basin, East Sea reveals five types of seismic indicators that imply the existence of gas hydrate including the bottom simulating reflector (BSR), seismic chimney/column, acoustic blanking, enhanced reflections, and gas seepage. The BSR, the most common seismic indicator in the Ulleung Basin, is of high amplitude and good continuity in the southern slope, whereas it is of low amplitude and poor continuity in the northern basin. Seismic chimney/column of reduced reflectivity and velocity pull-up is commonly seen in the central basin and northeastern part of the study area suggesting the existence of gas hydrate or gas fluids. Acoustic blanking of reduced reflectivity partly occurs on the central basin consisting of turbidite/pelagic sediment. Acoustic blanking related to column structures is common in the southeastern slope of the study area. Enhanced reflection with strong negative amplitude below the BSR occurs in the western slope of the area and suggests the existence of free gas. Gas seepages combined with dome structures and pockmarks are widely distributed on the southern slope consisting dominantly of debris flow deposits.

동해 울릉분지에서 취득된 다중채널 탄성파자료 해석에 의하면 이 지역에는 가스하이드레이트 부존가능성을 지시하는 해저모방반사면, 탄성파침니/칼럼, 음향공백대, 증폭반사면, 가스분출 구조 등을 포함하는 5가지 탄성파 지시자가 존재한다. 가장 대표적인 지시자인 해저모방반사면은 연구지역의 남쪽사면의 경우 연속성이 양호하고 강한 진폭을 갖는 반면, 북쪽 중앙분지에서는 상대적으로 진폭이 약하고 연속성이 불량하다. 반사도 감소 및 속도 풀업 특징을 갖는 탄성파 침니/칼럼구조는 중앙분지와 북동쪽해역에 주로 분포하며 가스하이드레이트 혹은 가스유체의 부존가능성을 시사해준다. 반사강도가 약화되어 나타나는 음향공백대는 저탁류/원양성 퇴적물이 분포하는 중앙분지에 부분적으로 발달하며, 칼럼과 연계된 음향공백대는 북동쪽 사면저부에 주로 분포한다. 해저모방반사면의 하부에 위치하는 증폭반사면은 연구지역의 서쪽 사면에 분포하며 강한 음의 진폭특성으로 보아 자유가스를 함유한 층으로 해석된다. 가스분출구조는 주로 쇄설성 퇴적물이 우세한 조사지역의 남쪽 대륙사면지역에 광범위하게 분포하며 돔구조 혹은 폭마크 등을 수반한다.

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