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Kinematics and ESR Ages for Fault Gouges of the Quaternary Jingwan Fault, Dangjin, western Korea

당진 지역 제4기 진관단층의 운동 특성과 단층비지의 ESR 연령

  • Choi, Pom-Yong (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) ;
  • Hwang, Jae Ha (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) ;
  • Bae, Hankyoung (Department of Geology, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Lee, Hee-Kwon (Department of Geology, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Kyung, Jai Bok (Department of Earth Science Education, Korea National University of Education)
  • 최범영 (한국지질자원연구원 지질기반정보연구부) ;
  • 황재하 (한국지질자원연구원 지질기반정보연구부) ;
  • 배한경 (강원대학교 지질학과) ;
  • 이희권 (강원대학교 지질학과) ;
  • 경재복 (한국교원대 제3대학 지구과학교육과)
  • Received : 2015.02.06
  • Accepted : 2015.02.25
  • Published : 2015.02.28
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Abstract

In order to outline the kinematics and movement history of a new Quaternary fault, Jingwan Fault in Dangjin, West Korea, we analyzed the geometry of the fault zone composed of a few gouge zones, and made ESR dating for fault gouge materials. The $N55^{\circ}E$ striking Jingwan Fault is a normal fault and exhibits a gradual change in dip (gentle in the lower part, steep in the upper part), indicating a listric fault. As for the fault gouge zone, its thickness varies and reaches 2~3 cm in the lower part or between basement rocks, and 20~30 cm in the middle-upper part or between the basement and Quaternary deposit. It is observed in the latter case that more than three gouge zones develop with different colors, and branch out and re-merge, or they are partly superimposed, indicating different movement episodes. The cumulative displacement is estimated to be about 10 m using the geological cross-sections, from which it is inferred that the total length of fault may be about 2.5 km on the basis of the empirical relation between cumulative displacement and fault length. Therefore, a more study would be needed to verify the entire fault length. The results of ESR dating for three gouge samples at different spots along the fault yields ages of $651{\pm}47$, $649{\pm}96$, and $436{\pm}66ka$, indicating at least two movement episodes. Slickenlines observed on the fault planes indicate a pure dip slip (normal faulting), which suggests that the ENE-WSW trending Jingwan Fault was presumably moved under a NNW-SSE extensional environment.

한반도 서부인 당진 지역에서 새로이 발견된 제4기 진관단층의 운동 특성과 단층활동 이력에 대한 윤곽을 잡기 위해 몇 개의 단층비지대로 구성된 진관단층의 기하 분석과 단층비지 물질에 대한 ESR 연령측정을 하였다. 진관단층은 정단층으로, $N55^{\circ}E$ 주향의 이 단층은 낮은 곳에서는 경사가 $57^{\circ}NW$, 상부로 갈수록 경사가 수직에 가깝게 변화를 보여 주며 리스트릭 단층임을 보여준다. 단층비지대의 두께는 노두 하부의 기반암과 기반암 사이에서 2~3 cm, 중상부의 기반암과 제4기층 사이 경계에서는 20~30 cm 폭으로 보다 두껍다. 후자의 경우에 있어서 3개 이상의 단층비지대가 분리되거나 합쳐지기도 하며, 부분적으로는 서로 중첩되기도 하는데 이는 서로 다른 단층운동 사건들이 있었음을 지시한다. 지질단면도로부터 산출된 단층의 누적 총변위는 약 10 m이며 누적 총변위와 단층의 길이 사이 경험식에 따르면 약 2.5 km의 단층 길이에 해당된다고 할 수 있다. 그러므로 단층의 길이를 제대로 알기 위해 보다 연구가 요구된다. 단층대를 따라 채취한 세 단층암 샘플에 대한 ESR 연령측정 결과, $651{\pm}47$, $649{\pm}96$, $436{\pm}66ka$ 등으로 나타났으며 최소 두번의 단층운동이 있었음을 지시한다. 단층면에서 관찰되는 단층조선은 순전한 경사이동만을 지시하며(정단층 운동), 동북동-서남서 주향의 진관단층은 북북서-동남동 방향의 수평 최소 압축응력 환경에서 단층운동이 있었음을 제시한다.

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