This study proposes the revised stratigraphy of the lower part of the Duwibong Unit of the lower Paleozoic Joseon Supergroup
that the Myobong Formation is the lowermost stratum. The Jangsan Formation, which has long been regarded as the lowermost
stratum of the Unit, is likely to be of late Proterozoic in age. It is also proposed that the Myeonsan and Myobong formations
are of coeval age and that the Myeonsan Formation formed in the early stage is interpreted to be the local proximal facies
which was overlain by the Myobong Formation in the late stage. This new interpretation is based on the presence of the unconformity
between the Jangsan and Myobong formations observed in two areas (Dongjeom area, Taebaek City and Deogam area, Imgye-Myeon,
Jeongseon-Gun). Sandstone facies in the topmost part of the Myeonsan Formation is gradually overlain by siltstone to mudstone
facies of the Myobong Formation. In addition, Myobong mudstone is geochemically similar to Myeonsan mudstone. The similarity
in lithologies among Jangsan sandstone, quartzarenite gravelly clasts in the Myeonsan Formation and the newly defined late
Proterozoic stratum (Kim and Lee, 2003a), immediately underlying the Myeonsan Formation provides additional evidence that
the Jangsan Formation is not the lowermost stratum of the Duwibong Unit but the source rocks of quartzarenite gravelly clasts
of the Myeonsan Formation.
Key words lower Paleozoic - Joseon Supergroup - Taebaeksan Basin - Jangsan Formation - Myobong Formation