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This section mainly focuses on the stratigraphy of the Ulleung Basin and its margins, where large amounts of data are available as Korea has committed substantial resources over the years. Although the deep basin is yet to be drilled, there has been extensive exploration, including drilling, elsewhere, particularly along the southwestern margin of the basin. We review the sedimentary sequences in terms of the seismic-stratigraphic framework; for basic concepts and technical terminology of seismic stratigraphy, refer to Mitchum et al. (Seismic stratigraphy—applications to hydrocarbon exploration. AAPG Memoir, pp. 117–133, 1977).
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Yoon, S.H. (2016). Stratigraphy. In: Chang, KI., et al. Oceanography of the East Sea (Japan Sea). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22720-7_18
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