Sagog Formation

Sagog Formation
Stratigraphic range: Albian ~112–100 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Hayang Group
Underlies	Chunsan Formation
Overlies	Jeomgog Formation
Lithology
Primary	Shale, sandstone
Location
Coordinates	36.3°N 128.7°E / 36.3; 128.7
Approximate paleocoordinates	43.2°N 127.8°E / 43.2; 127.8
Region	North Gyeongsang Province
Country	South Korea
Extent	Euiseong Subbasin, Gyeongsan Basin
Sagog Formation (South Korea)

The Sagog Formation (Korean: 사곡층; Hanja: 舍谷層; RR: Sagok-cheung), also known as the Sagok Formation, is an Albian geologic formation in South Korea.

Description

Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.^[1] It is laterally equivalent to the Haman Formation.^[2] It predominantly consists of red to dark grey shale and sandstone.^[3]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with sauropodomorph tracks
    • Sauropod tracks
• Geoncheonri Formation
• Guyedong Formation
• Hasandong Formation
• Jinju Formation

References

1. Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
2. Lee, J. I.; Lee, Y. I. (2000-01-01). "Provenance of the Lower Cretaceous Hayang Group, Gyeongsang Basin, Southeastern Korea: Implications for Continental-Arc Volcanism". Journal of Sedimentary Research. 70 (1): 151–158. Bibcode:2000JSedR..70..151L. doi:10.1306/2DC40906-0E47-11D7-8643000102C1865D. ISSN 1527-1404.
3. Chae, Gi-Tak; Yun, Seong-Taek; Kim, Sang-Ryul; Hahn, Chan (2001). "Hydrogeochemistry of seepage water collected within the Youngcheon diversion tunnel, Korea: source and evolution of SO4-rich groundwater in sedimentary terrain". Hydrological Processes. 15 (9): 1565–1583. Bibcode:2001HyPr...15.1565C. doi:10.1002/hyp.305. ISSN 0885-6087.

Bibliography

• Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21

Further reading

• Y.-N. Lee, K.-M. Yu, and C. B. Wood. 2001. A review of vertebrate faunas from the Gyeongsang Supergroup (Cretaceous) in South Korea. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 165:357-373