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Volcanological History of the Baengnokdam Summit Crater Area, Mt. Halla in Jeju Island, Korea

제주도 한라산 백록담 일대의 화산활동사

  • Ahn, Ung San (World Heritage Office, Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Government) ;
  • Hong, Sei Sun (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
  • 안웅산 (제주특별자치도 세계유산본부) ;
  • 홍세선 (한국지질자원연구원)
  • Received : 2017.08.16
  • Accepted : 2017.08.25
  • Published : 2017.09.30
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Abstract

The Baengnokdam, the summit crater of Mt. Halla, is one of the representative geosites of World Natural Heritage and Global Geopark in Jeju Island. The crater is marked by two distinctive volcanic lithofacies that comprise: 1) a trachytic lava dome to the west of the crater and 2) trachybasaltic lava flow units covering the gentle eastern slope of the mountain. This study focuses on understanding the formative process of this peculiar volcanic lithofacies association at the summit of Mt. Halla through field observation and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of the sediments underlying the craterforming volcanics. The trachyte dome to the west of the crater is subdivided into 3 facies units that include: 1) the trachyte breccias originating from initial dome collapse, 2) the trachyte lava-flow unit and 3) the domal main body. On the other side, the trachybasalt is subdivided into 2 facies units that include: 1) the spatter and scoria deposit from the early explosive eruption and 2) lava-flow unit from the later effusion eruption. Quartz OSL dating on the sediments underlying the trachyte breccias and the trachybasaltic lava-flow unit reveals ages of ca. 37 ka and ca. 21 ka, respectively. The results point toward that the Baengnokdam summit crater was formed by eruption of trachybasaltic magma at about 19~21 ka after the trachyte dome formed later than 37 ka.

제주도 한라산은 세계자연유산이자 제주도 세계지질공원의 대표명소이다. 한라산 정상부 백록담 일대의 서쪽은 점성이 큰 조면암이 돔형상의 지형을 이루고 있으며, 그 동쪽은 점성이 작은 조면현무암 용암이 완만한 지형을 이룬다. 본 연구에서는 야외조사를 통해 한라산 정상부를 이루는 조면암 돔 및 백록담 분화구의 형성과정을 해석하고, 한라산조면암 및 백록담조면현무암 하부에 놓이는 퇴적층에 대한 광여기루미네선스 연대측정을 통해 한라산 백록담 일대의 형성과정을 시공간적으로 구성하였다. 한라산조면암은 초기 돔 붕괴로 인한 조면암질 각력암, 조면암질 용암류, 그리고 조면암 돔으로 구분된다. 백록담조면현무암은 초기의 폭발적 분출에 의한 분석구와 후기의 비폭발적인 용암류로 구분된다. 연대측정 결과, 한라산조면암 분출 초기에 형성된 조면암질 각력암층 하부의 퇴적층에서 약 37 ka를, 그리고 백록담조면현무암 하부에 놓이는 서로 다른 지점의 퇴적층에서 약 21 ka를 얻었다. 한라산 정상부 백록담은 약 37 ka 전 이후 조면암질 용암돔이 형성된 후, 약 19~21 ka 전 조면현무암질 용암이 새롭게 분출하면서 형성된 분화구이다.

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