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Gwangju Shear Zone : Is it the Tectonic Boundary between the Yeongnam Massif and Okcheon Metamorphic Belt?

광주전단대 : 영남육괴와 옥천변성대의 지구조적 경계?

  • Ha, Yeongji (Division of Earth Environmental System, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Song, Yong-Sun (Division of Earth Environmental System, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Kim, Jeong-Min (Division of Earth and Environmental Science, Korea Basic Science Institute)
  • 하영지 (부경대학교 일반대학원 지구환경시스템과학부 지구환경과학전공) ;
  • 송용선 (부경대학교 환경해양대학 지구환경과학과) ;
  • 김정민 (한국기초과학지원연구원 환경지질연구부)
  • Received : 2014.02.25
  • Accepted : 2014.03.25
  • Published : 2014.03.31
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Abstract

In this study we carried out SHRIMP U-Pb age dating of detrital zircons from age-unknown meta-sedimentary formations distributed around the NNE-SSW trending Gwangju Shear Zone, a branch of Honam Shear Zone, in the southwestern region of the Korean Peninsula. The meta-sedimentary formations from the west (Yeonggwang) and east (Jangseong) areas of the Gwangju Shear Zone have different patterns of zircon age distributions. Zircons of quartzites from the Yeonggwang area yield clusters at Neoarchean (ca. 2,500 Ma), Paleoproterozoic (ca. 1,860 Ma), Neoproterozoic (ca. 960 Ma) and Paleozoic (ca. 380 Ma) ages, but those of the Jangseong area yield clusters at only Neoarchean (ca. 2,500Ma) and Paleoproterozoic (ca. 1,880 Ma) ages. The contrastive patterns in age indicate that the meta-sedimentary formations from the west and east areas correspond to the meta-sedimentary formations of the Okcheon Metamorphic Belt and the sedimentary formations overlying on the Yeongnam Massif, respectively. The results imply that the Gwangju Shear Zone is the tectonic boundary between the Okcheon Metamorphic Belt and the Yeongnam Massif.

이 연구에선 한반도 남서부에 북북동-남남서 주향으로 발달된 호남전단대의 지류 중의 하나인 광주 전단대 주변에 전단대를 따라 분포된 변성퇴적암층에 대해 고분해능이온마이크로프로브를 이용하여 쇄설성 저어콘의 우라늄-납 연대측정을 수행하였다. 광주전단대를 경계로 각각 서쪽과 동쪽에 위치한 영광지역과 장성지역의 변성퇴적암층들은 저어콘 연대분포가 구별되는 특징을 보인다. 영광지역 규암층의 저어콘들은 신시생대(약 2,500 Ma), 고원생대(약 1,860 Ma), 신원생대(약 960Ma) 및 고생대(약 380 Ma) 연령에 집중점을 이루는데 반해, 장성지역 규암층의 저어콘들은 신시생대(약 2,500 Ma)와 고원생대(약 1,880 Ma) 연령에 집중점을 이루고 보다 젊은 연대는 산출되지 않는다. 두 지역의 대조적인 연대분포 특성은 서쪽의 영광지역 변성퇴적암층은 옥천변성대 변성퇴적암층에, 동쪽의 장성지역 변성퇴적암층은 영남육괴의 퇴적암층에 각각 대비됨을 지시한다. 이러한 결과는 광주전단대가 옥천변성대와 영남육괴의 지구조적 경계일 가능성을 암시한다.

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