Young-Seog Kim

Dr. Young-Seog Kim

Active Fault and Earthquake Hazard Mitigation Research Institute, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Pukyong National University, Nam-gu, Yongso-ro, 45, Busan, Korea

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Academic Career Length

21Years (2006-Present)

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31 October 2015 in Journal of the Geological Society of Korea
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JLJinhyun Lee
Jinhyun Lee
SRSowreh Rezaei
Sowreh Rezaei
YHYeji Hong
Yeji Hong
JCJin-Hyuck Choi
Jin-Hyuck Choi
JCJeong-Heon Choi
Jeong-Heon Choi
YKYoung-Seog Kim
Young-Seog Kim

1 December 2012 in Journal of Geophysical Research
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JCJin‐Hyuck Choi
Jin‐Hyuck Choi
KJKwangmin Jin
Kwangmin Jin
DEDandar Enkhbayar
Dandar Enkhbayar
BDBattogtokh Davvasambuu
Battogtokh Davvasambuu
ABAmgalan Bayasgalan
Amgalan Bayasgalan
YKYoung-Seog Kim
Young-Seog Kim

16 April 2019 in Geosciences
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Sambit Prasanajit NaikSambit Prasanajit Naik
Sambit Prasanajit Naik
YKYoung-Seog Kim
Young-Seog Kim
TKTaehyung Kim
Taehyung Kim
JSJeong Su-Ho
Jeong Su-Ho
On 15th November 2017, the Pohang earthquake (Mw 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 (MW < 5.5). There are only a few examples around the globe, but more so in the Korean Peninsula. In this paper, we present the results of a systematic survey of the secondary ground effects—i.e., soil liquefaction and ground cracks—developed during the earthquake. Most of the liquefaction sites are clustered near the epicenter and close to the Heunghae fault. Based on the geology, tectonic setting, distribution, and clustering of the sand boils along the southern part of the Heunghae Basin, we propose a geological model, suggesting that the Heunghae fault may have acted as a barrier to the propagation of seismic waves. Other factors like the mountain basin effect and/or amplification of seismic waves by a blind thrust fault could play an important role. Liquefaction phenomenon associated with the 2017 Pohang earthquake emphasizes that there is an urgent need of liquefaction potential mapping for the Pohang city and other areas with a similar geological setting. In areas underlain by extensive unconsolidated basin fill sediments—where the records of past earthquakes are exiguous or indistinct and there is poor implementation of building codes—future earthquakes of similar or larger magnitude as the Pohang earthquake are likely to occur again. Therefore, this represents a hazard that may cause significant societal and economic threats in the future.

28 February 2017 in Journal of the Geological Society of Korea
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JCJin-Hyuck Choi
Jin-Hyuck Choi
YKYoung-Seog Kim
Young-Seog Kim
YKYann Klinger
Yann Klinger

30 June 2017 in Journal of the Geological Society of Korea
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YKYoung-Seog Kim
Young-Seog Kim
TKTaehyung Kim
Taehyung Kim
JKJai Bok Kyung
Jai Bok Kyung
CCChang Soo Cho
Chang Soo Cho
JCJin-Hyuck Choi
Jin-Hyuck Choi
CCChul Uong Choi
Chul Uong Choi
2016년 9월 12일 남한에서의 계기지진 관측 이래 최대규모인 ML=5.8의 지진(KMA)이 경상북도 경주시 내남면 지역에서 발생하였고, 약 600회에 가까운 소규모 여진이 6개월 이상 지속되었다. 이를 계기로 한반도가 더 이상 지진안전지대가 아니라는 사실이 확인되면서 지진재해에 대한 국민적 불안감이 증폭됨은 물론 지진이 발생하는 원인에 대한 사회적 관심이 매우 높아졌다. 지진은 단층의 갑작스러운 미끌림 운동의 결과로, 지진의 발생기작을 이해하기 위해서는 진앙지 인근에 발달하는 단층의 분포, 주향/경사, 종류, 운동감각을 비롯해 주변단층과의 운동학적 상호관계에 대한 이해가 반드시 선행되어야 한다. 이번 연구는 9.12 경주지진의 발생기작을 추론하고자 여진이 집중적으로 발생한 진앙지를 중심으로 단층의 발달특성에 대해 조사하였다. 특히, 최근 활성지체구조 연구에 활용되고 있는 항공 LiDAR 영상을 이용해 지형 및 선형구조를 분석하였고, 이를 바탕으로 야외조사를 통해 단층을 추적 및 분석하였다. 그 결과 9.12 경주지진은 양산단층의 서측 단층손상대 내에 발달하는 부수단층이 활동한 것으로 판단되며, 특히 양산단층 중부분절과 남부분절(또는 양산단층의 한 가지단층인 ‘덕천단층’)의 상호작용에 의한 연결부손상대에서의 응력해소에 기인한 것으로 추론된다.