Taehyung Kim

• Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources

Fault location and geometry are the most fundamental input data in seismic hazard analysis, the ultimate aim of which is to mitigate damage from future large earthquakes. In regions prone to large earthquakes or where cumulative deformation by multiple earthquake events are well expressed in the landscape, fault models are constructed primarily by...

Two recent moderate earthquakes in South Korea, the 2016 MW 5.5 Gyeongju earthquake and 2017 MW 5.4 Pohang earthquake, caused damages to modern residential buildings. These events occurred with almost the same magnitude and duration in the same seismotectonic environment but exhibited remarkably different focal depths, faulting types, surface defor...

We present a new example of the termination of strike-slip paleoearthquake ruptures in near-surface regions on the Yangsan Fault, Korea, based on multi-scale structural observations. Paleoearthquake ruptures occur mostly along the boundary between the inherited fault core and damage zone (N10-20°E/> 75°SE). The ruptures propagated upward to the sha...

Gasado Island, on the southwestern Korean Peninsula, comprises c. 50 Ma volcanic rocks that are cut by faults and fractures hosting low-sulfidation epithermal Au-Ag mineralization. In this study, we examined the relationship between the fault-fracture networks and auriferous vein systems to better understand the role of brittle structures in contro...

Deriving paleoseismological fault parameters of active faults is essential for earthquake disaster provision. The purpose of this study is to document the fault characteristics of Wonwonsa fault, which was recently reported in the 2nd fault outcrop on the eastern side of the Ulsan fault, and to provide fault parameters, such as the timing of activi...

Kim, T.; Kim, Y.-S., and Lee, H.-J., 2020. Characteristics of geological lineaments along the eastern coast of the Korean Peninsula: A statistical approach. In: Jung, H.-S.; Lee, S.; Ryu, J.-H., and Cui, T. (eds.), Advances in Geospatial Research of Coastal Environments. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 102, pp. 88-100. Coconut Creek...

In Danyang area, various geological structures as well as various lithology and strata are well developed, which are useful for studying paleo-environment and structural movements, and also typical karst landforms, wethering landforms and river landforms. If geologically and geomorphologically valuable resources are used in terms of geotourim persp...

On 15th November 2017, the Pohang earthquake (M w 5.4) had strong ground shaking that caused severe liquefaction and lateral spreading across the Heunghae Basin, around Pohang city, South Korea. Such liquefaction is a rare phenomenon during small or moderate earthquakes (M W < 5.5). There are only a few examples around the globe, but more so in the...

Microgranular Enclave (ME) is a common feature in granitic intrusive rocks. However, the zoned ME that developed in the outcrop of Cretaceous granite in the Taejongdae Geopark, Busan, represents an interesting phenomenon in formation of zoned MEs, providing useful petrogenetic information on the formation of enclaves. In this study, we define the z...

Mafic Magmatic Enclave (MME) is a common feature in granitic rocks. However, the layered MMEs developed in the outcrop of Cretaceous granite in Taejongdae National Geopark, Busan show various patterns and interesting phenomena providing useful information on the formation of MMEs. We define here the layered MME as MME composed of several contrastin...

Deep geological cross-sectional data is generally not common nor easy to construct, because it is expensive and requires a great deal of time. As a result, geological interpretations at depth are limited. Many scientists attempt to construct geological cross-sections at depth using geological surface data and geophysical data. In this paper, we sug...

Structural analysis for a large-scale fault in Maegok-dong, Ulsan, was carried out based on filed-works to investigate the geometric and kinematic characteristics of the fault as well as its Quaternary slip. As results, a series of repeated stratigraphy, minor faults, fracture zones, and deformation band clusters are observed over a distance of abo...