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Geophysical characteristics of seamounts around Dok Island

동해 독도주변 해산의 지구물리학적 특성

  • Published : 2002.11.01
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Abstract

Dok Island, a Pliocene volcano, lies in the southwestern part of the East Sea. Most the work to date have focused primarily on the petrolography of the island, and as a result, the morphological characteristics and internal structure of the volcanic edifices of the Dok Island remain poorly understood. To provide better constraints on these features, bathymetric data with multibeam echo sounder, 32-channel seismic and 3D gravity modeling were used in this study. Three positive topographic highs are present in the study area, and these highs satisfy the seamount criteria. They are named as Dokdo, Tamhae, and Donghae seamounts. 32-channel seismic survey was conducted to investigate the sediment thickness of the area, which shows that there are no sediments near the summit of seamounts. Away from the seamounts, however, sediment becomes thick(>2000 m) toward the western part of the study area, and sediments in the northern and southern parts are about 1000 m thick. Free-Air gravity anomalies in this study generally follow the bathymetric feature with less than -20 mGal at the western part, but increase towards the seamounts. In the summit of the Dokdo Seamount, anomalies reach over 120 mGal, and in Tamhae and Donghae seamounts, the peak anomaly shows 90 and 70 mGals, respectively. All seamounts have an isolated volcanic conduit in their centre and show regional compensation root with 0.5～1.5 km thickness. The flat-topped summit of the seamounts is probably caused by wave truncation, indicating the sea level at the time of formation of the flat-topped geometry. Comparison between the present-day sea level and subsidence level during the opening of the East Sea suggests that the seamounts in the study area have subsided by 200～300 m after the formation. Furthermore, it implies that the seamounts formed over 12～10 Ma.

동해의 남서쪽해역에 위치하고 있는 독도는 플라이오세에 생성된 화산섬으로 알려져 있다. 그러나 기존의 연구들은 독도 자체의 암석학적인 연구에만 초점을 두어 독도 하부의 화산체에 대한 형태 및 내부구조를 명확하게 알 수 없었다. 따라서 본 연구는 다중빔 음향측심, 32채널 탄성파 탐사 및 3D 중력모델링을 통하여 이와 같은 특성들을 알아내고자 하였다. 연구지역에는 3개의 지형학적인 고지대가 발달되어 있으며 이 고지대들은 일반적인 해산의 특성을 지니고 있어 본 연구에서는 이 고지대를 독도해산, 탐해해산. 동해해산이라 명명하였다. 그리고 연구지역에 발달한 퇴적층의 두께를 규명하기 위하여 32채널 탄성파 탐사를 수행하였다. 취득된 탄성파 자료에 의하면 해산들의 정상부분에는 퇴적물이 거의 퇴적되어 있지 않으나 해산들로부터 멀어질수록 퇴적층이 발달하기 시작하여 연구지역의 서쪽에서는 2000m이상의 두꺼운 퇴적층이 발달하고 있으며 연구지역의 남쪽 및 북쪽지역에서는 약 1000m두께의 퇴적층이 나타난다. 후리-에어 중력이상은 연구지역의 서쪽에서는 -20mGa1 이하의 값을 보이고 있으나 해산 쪽으로 갈수록 점점 증가하여 독도해산의 정상부분에서는 120 mGal 이상, 탐해해산 및 동해해산의 경우 각각 90 mGal 및 70mGa1이상의 후리-에어이상을 보이고 있다. 그리고 연구지역에 나타나는 해산들은 모두 그 중앙부에 독립된 화도(volcanic conduit)를 지니고 있으며 0.5～l.5 km 두께의 광역보상뿌리(regional compensation root)를 형성하고 있다. 연구지역의 해산들이 보여주고 있는 평탄한 정상부는 해수의 침식에 의하여 생성되었으며 이러한 정상부는 평탄한지형이 생성될 당시의 해수면을지시하며 현재 해수면의 위치와 동해에서의 일어난 해저면의 침강정도(subsidence level)를 비교하여 볼 때 해산들은 생성된 이후 약 200～300m정도 침강되었고 형성시기는 최소 12～10Ma이전 인 것으로 사료된다.

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