Abstract
Intertidal deposits of Gomso Bay, western coast of Korea (eastern Yellow Sea) consist of a basement, pre-Holocene oxidized unit, and a Holocene tidal unit in ascending order. The pre-Holocene oxidized unit, a yellowish stiff mud belonging to the last stadial (or glacial) stage before 12000yr B.P., contains plant roots, plant fragments, and vertical and horizontal microfractures indicating soil-formation. However, it contains no marine shells or microfossils. The Holocene tidal unit is composed of lower mud facies (upper-flat mud) and upper sand/muddy sand facies (middle-to lower-flat sand), and generally shows a coarsening-upward, retrograding trend, thus reflecting a Holocene relative sea-level rise.14C age/depth plot for dated samples (peats and shells) shows that the relative sea-level of 7000yr B.P. stood at about −6·5m from the present mean sea level, and the relative sea-levels of 4000yr B.P. and 2000yr B.P. stood at −3m and −2·5m, respectively.
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