Earth:Jeomgog Formation

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Jeomgog Formation
Stratigraphic range: Albian
~105 Ma
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[1]
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofHayang Group[2]
UnderliesSagog Formation
OverliesHupyeongdong Formation
Thickness260~900 meters
Location
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 36°24′N 128°48′E / 36.4°N 128.8°E / 36.4; 128.8
Paleocoordinates [ ⚑ ] 44°54′N 124°48′E / 44.9°N 124.8°E / 44.9; 124.8
CountrySouth Korea
ExtentGyeongsang Basin
Jeomgog Formation is located in South Korea
Jeomgog Formation
Jeomgog Formation (South Korea)

The Jeomgog Formation (Korean: 점곡층; Hanja: 點谷層; RR: Jeomgok-cheung) is a Lower Cretaceous (Albian) geologic formation of the Hayang Group in the Gyeongsang Basin of South Korea.[3][4]

Fossil content

Fossil theropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Choi, Taejin; Kwon, Min Gyu (October 2019). "Depositional age and provenance of the sandstones in the Cretaceous Euiseong subbasin inferred by detrital zircon U-Pb age dating". Journal of the Geological Society of Kore 55 (5): 551–581. doi:10.14770/jgsk.2019.55.5.551. 
  2. ↑ Chang, Ki-Hong; Suzuki, Kazuhiro; Park, Sun-Ok; Ishida, Keisuke; Uno, Koji (1 June 2003). "Recent advances in the cretaceous stratigraphy of Korea". Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 21 (8): 937–948. doi:10.1016/S1367-9120(02)00142-6. 
  3. ↑ Jeomgog Formation in the Paleobiology Database
  4. ↑ Lee, J. I.; Lee, Y. I. (2000), "Provenance of the Lower Cretaceous Hayang Group, Gyeongsang Basin, Southeastern Korea: Implications for Continental-Arc Volcanism", Journal of Sedimentary Research 70 (1): 151–158, doi:10.1306/2DC40906-0E47-11D7-8643000102C1865D, ISSN 1527-1404, Bibcode: 2000JSedR..70..151L, https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/jsedres/article/70/1/151-158/99076 
  5. ↑ Lee, Y.-N.; Yu, K.-M.; Wood, C. B. (2001), "A review of vertebrate faunas from the Gyeongsang Supergroup (Cretaceous) in South Korea", Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 165 (3–4): 357–373, doi:10.1016/S0031-0182(00)00171-1, Bibcode: 2001PPP...165..357L