Right-lateral Strike-slip Movement of the South Korea Plateau Associated with the Opening of the East Sea (Sea of Japan) SCIE SCOPUS KCI

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Title
Right-lateral Strike-slip Movement of the South Korea Plateau Associated with the Opening of the East Sea (Sea of Japan)
Author(s)
Choi, Dong-Lim; Kim, Han-Joon; Jou, Hyeong-Tae; Jeong, Seom-Kyu; Lee, Yong-Kuk; Lee, Tae-Hee
KIOST Author(s)
Jung, Seom Kyu(정섬규)Lee., Yong Kuk(이용국)Lee, Tae Hee(이태희)
Alternative Author(s)
최동림; 김한준; 주형태; 정섬규; 이용국; 이태희
Publication Year
2013-03
Abstract
Multi-channel seismic profiles and swath bathymetric data were used to investigate the tectonic evolution of the South Korea Plateau (SKP) associated with the opening of the East Sea (Japan Sea). The SKP is a deformed fragment of continental crust with numerous horsts and sediment-filled grabens. Three sedimentary units in the plateau were identified, which consist of the lower sequence (Unit I) interpreted as syn-rifting deposition during the early to middle Miocene, and the middle and upper sequences (Units II and III) considered as post-rifting deposition since the late Miocene. The fault system in the SKP includes the South Korea Plateau Fault (SKPF) trending NNW-SSE and smaller en echelon normal faults oriented NE-SW. We interpreted the information to postulate that the formation of the SKPF is the result of divergent right-lateral strike-slip movement in the SKP. This study suggests that the dextral movement of the SKP was induced by WSW-ward propagation of the spreading center located in the Japan Basin from the early to middle Miocene times.
ISSN
1738-5261
URI
https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/3216
DOI
10.1007/s12601-013-0005-2
Bibliographic Citation
OCEAN SCIENCE JOURNAL, v.48, no.1, pp.59 - 66, 2013
Publisher
한국해양과학기술원
Keywords
East Sea; South Korea Plateau; South Korea Plateau Fault System; right-lateral strike-slip movement
Type
Article
Language
English
Document Type
Article
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