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Plio-Quaternary Seismic Stratigraphy and Depositional History on the Southern Ulleung Basin, East Sea

동해 울릉분지 남부의 플라이오-제4기 탄성파 층서 및 퇴적역사

  • Joh, Min-Hui (Department of Petroleum Resources Technology, University of Science and Technology) ;
  • Yoo, Dong-Geun (Petroleum and Marine Research Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources(KIGAM))
  • 조민희 (과학기술연합대학원대학교 석유자원공학과) ;
  • 유동근 (한국지질자원연구원 석유해저연구본부)
  • Published : 2009.05.31
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Abstract

Analysis of multi-channel seismic reflection data from the Southern Ulleung Basin reveals that Plio-Quaternary section in the area consists of nine stacked sedimentary units separated by erosional unconformities. On the southern slope, these sedimentary units are acoustically characterized by chaotic seismic facies without distinct internal reflections, interpreted as debris-flow bodies. Toward the basin floor, the sedimentary units are defined by well-stratified facies with good continuity and strong amplitude, interpreted as turbidite/hemipelagic sediments. The seismic facies distribution suggests that deposition of Plio-Quaternary section in the area was controlled mainly by tectonic movement and sea-level fluctuations. During the Pliocene, sedimentation was mainly controlled by tectonic movements related to the back-arc closure of the East Sea. The back-arc closure that began in the Miocene caused compressional deformation along the southern margin of the Ulleung Basin, resulting in regional uplift which continued until the Pliocene. Large amounts of sediments, eroded from the uplifted crustal blocks, were supplied to the basin, depositing Unit 1 which consists of debris-flow deposits. During the Quaternary, sea-level fluctuations resulted in stacked sedimentary units (2-9) consisting of debris-flow deposits, formed during sea-level fall and lowstands, and thin hemipelagic/turbidite sediments, deposited during sea-level rise and highstands.

동해 울릉분지 남부에서 취득한 다중채널 탄성파 탐사자료의 해석에 의하면 연구지역에 분포하는 플라이오-제4기 퇴적층은 침식부정합면에 의해 구분되는 9개의 퇴적단위가 중첩된 형태로 구성되어있다. 탄성파 단면상에서 각 퇴적단위는 남쪽사면의 경우 질량류 퇴적층으로 해석되는 캐오틱한 음향상 특징이 주로 나타나며, 북쪽 중앙분지로 향하면서 저탁류/반원양성 퇴적층으로 해석되는 연속성이 양호하고 진폭이 강한 평행 층리 음향상이 나타난다. 퇴적단위의 분포 및 탄성파상 특징에 의하면 플라이오-제4기 동안의 퇴적작용은 주로 지구조 운동과 해수면 변동에 의해 조절된 것으로 해석된다. 플라이오세 동안의 퇴적작용은 주로 동해의 닫힘작용과 연계된 지구조 운동의 영향이 있었다. 중-후기 마이오세 이후 동해는 횡압력에 의한 닫힘작용이 시작되었으며 플라이오세 말까지 횡압력의 영향으로 광역적인 융기가 야기되었다. 따라서 이때 형성된 다량의 침식 퇴적물이 분지로 유입되었으며 주로 쇄설류로 구성된 퇴적단위 1을 형성하게 되었다. 제4기에 접어들면서 중첩된 형태로 분포하는 퇴적단위 2-9의 발달은 주로 주기적으로 반복되는 해침과 해퇴의 영향에 의해 조절되었다. 반복적으로 진행된 해퇴 및 저해수면 조건이 주로 남쪽사면을 중심으로 분포하는 쇄설류의 퇴적을 야기시켰으며, 해수면 상승기간 동안에는 쇄설류 층이 얇은 반원양성 내지는 원양성 퇴적물에 의해 피복되었다. 결과적으로 연구해역에 분포하는 플라이오-제4기 퇴적층은 쇄설류와 저탁류/반원양성을 포함하는 질량류의 중첩에 의해 구성된다.

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