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A study of the Ulleung Basin in the southwestern East Sea (Sea of Japan), based on single- and multi-channel seismic reflection profiles and ocean bottom seismometer (OBS) data, suggests that the basin formed largely by pull-apart opening and the deep, northern basin is underlain by thicker-than-normal oceanic crust (10 km thick), probably formed during the earliest stage of seafloor spreading. Volcanic...