Sediments of Buried Paleovalleys on the Shelf of East Korean Bay as Indicators of Holocene Paleogeographic Settings

Markov Yu.D., Likht F.R., Derkachev A.N., Utkin I.V., Botsul A.I., Pushkar V.S., Ivanova E.D., Evstigneeva T.A., Evseev G.A.

Russian Journal of Pacific Geology 2008; 2(3): 255–271

The lithology and stratigraphy of Holocene fine-grained sediments were studied in buried paleovalleys on the coastal shelf of the East Korean Bay. The typical natural setting of recent nepheloid near-continental sedimentation in the near-mouth area is defined. It is established that the silting apron and transit-linear settings are untypical of recent sedimentation. Their formation was determined by paleoclimatic changes during the Holocene. © MAIK Nauka 2008.

DOI 10.1134/S1819714008030068