- Karst in the Korean Peninsula
- Karst in the Korean Peninsula
- ㆍ 저자명
- Oh. Jong-Woo
- ㆍ 간행물명
- 洞窟 : 한국동굴학회지
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 2007년|78권 47호|pp.33-41 (9 pages)
- ㆍ 발행정보
- 한국동굴학회
- ㆍ 파일정보
- 정기간행물|ENG| PDF텍스트
- ㆍ 주제분야
- 기타
Alpine caves, subterranean passages, are extensively controlled by folds and faults. Caves of the regions demonstrate a significant dip of the passages due to the structural deformations. There are many vertical voids and shaft. Speleo-scapes in the internal caves are various. Calcite formations show the water table alternations which indicate the uplifting and erosional base level droppings during at least the Quaternary. Around cave entrenches there are remnants of the Fluvial terraces on the middle of the hills. These relationship between cave locations and terraces will generate a key to the Plestocene history of the south Korean peninsula. Hence, the Korean karst is turned as "the overburden alpine karst".