| Detection of fault location and paleoseismic evidence in the cultural heritage site around Gyeongju, SE Korea |
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학술지명 Epoisodes
저자 김동은,이태호,이호일,천영범,최이례,최진혁,이근수
발표일 2023-01-09
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Detecting faults and their paleoseismic parameters is important for understanding earthquake-fault behaviors and assessing earthquake hazards. We conducted a multidisciplinary investigation of the Yangsan Fault around Gyeongju, an old capital city in South Korea, one of the challenging regions for paleoseismic surveys due to the protection of cultural properties. Based on topographic analysis and field observations, we identified a 10-km-long fault trace in a north-south direction. We then investigated alluvial fans covering the fault to evaluate geologic evidence of paleoearthquakes based on airborne LiDAR-image, drilling core, and cosmogenic exposure age- and OSL age-dating. Our results showed that the alluvial fan at a minimum age of 63 ka was deformed by transpressional earthquakes during the Late Pleistocene. A total of ~2.5 m of vertical offsets were estimated by geomorphic restoration |