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Fluvio-geomorphic Indicators of Holocene Shoreline Position in River Deltas: Review and New Evidence in the East Coast of India

삼각주에 발달한 홀로세 구정선의 하천지형지시자 - 기존 연구와 동인도 해안에서의 새로운 증거 -

Chinmay Dasha*
,
Yeong Bae Seongb
,
Pitambar Patic
다쉬 친마이a*
,
성 영배b
,
파티 피탐바c
aResearch Professor, Department of Geography Education, Korea University
bProfessor, Department of Geography Education, Korea University
cAssociate Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
a고려대학교 지리교육과 연구교수
b고려대학교 지리교육과 교수
c인도 Roorkee 공과대학 지구과학과 부교수
*Corresponding Author
31 August 2023. pp. 359-374
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Abstract

Remote sensing, chronological, and GPR-based studies suggest that the drainage morphology of deltas of peninsular India is controlled by various stages of sea level changes since the Pleistocene. Various fluvial geomorphological changes in coastal environments indicate that sea level fluctuations contribute to modifying the deltaic geomorphology. The anastomosing-meandering transition, river mouth shift, and the dendritic channels along the paleo-strandlines are indicative of various stages of marine transgression and regression. River mouth shifts along the Holocene strandline were prominent in the east coast of India. Most of the river sinuosities along the present-day coast are caused by mouth shifts along the paleo-coasts and the dendritic channels along the Holocene strandline support the position of paleo-strandlines. GPR study along the Holocene strandline of the Mahanadi delta reveals sub-surface structures indicative of marine transgression. Similar channel geomorphological changes in response to sea level change are observed in other deltaic regions worldwide.

Keywords
Peninsular India
Delta
Holocene shoreline
Fluvial geomorphology

원격탐사, 연대측정, 지표투과레이더를 이용한 기존 연구들은 인도 반도의 삼각주 유역 형태가 플라이스토세 이후 여러 차례의 해수면 변화에 의해 제어됨을 밝혀왔다. 연안환경의 다양한 하천지형 변화는 삼각주의 형태를 변화시키는 데 해수면 변동이 중요한 요인임을 지시한다. 분합류에서 곡류로의 전환, 하구의 위치 이동 그리고 구정선을 따라 발달한 수지상 하천은 여러 차례의 해침과 해퇴가 있었음을 의미한다. 원격탐사 및 지표투과레이더 결과를 바탕으로 하구가 동인도 해안의 홀로세 구정선 변화에 따라 이동하였음을 확인하였다. 현재 해안에 나타나는 대부분의 만곡 하천은 구정선을 따라 하구가 이동하며 발달하게 되었다. 홀로세 구정선을 따라 발달한 수지상 하천은 구정선의 고도를 나타낸다. 마하나디 삼각주의 홀로세 구정선을 따라서 실시한 지표투과레이더 결과를 바탕으로 천부 지하구조를 해석하였다. 이와 유사한 해수면 변동에 따른 하천지형의 변화는 본 연구지역뿐만이 아닌 세계 다른 곳의 삼각주 시스템에서도 관찰되었다.

키워드
인도 반도
삼각주
홀로세 구정선
하천지형
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