한국해양학회지:바다 (The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY)

  • 제13권3호
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  • Pages.168-177
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  • 2008
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  • 1226-2978(pISSN)
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  • 2671-8820(eISSN)
한국해양학회 (The Korean Society of Oceanography)
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북동태평양 대한민국 광구 KR1, 2, 5 지역 표층 퇴적물의 물리적 특성 비교

Physical Properties of Surface Sediments of the KR(Korea Reserved) 1, 2, and 5 Areas, Northeastern Equatorial Pacific

  • 이현복 (한국해양연구원 심해.해저자원연구부) ;
  • 지상범 (한국해양연구원 심해.해저자원연구부) ;
  • 박정기 (한국해양연구원 심해.해저자원연구부) ;
  • 김기현 (한국해양연구원 심해.해저자원연구부) ;
  • 주세종 (한국해양연구원 해양생물자원연구부) ;
  • 오재경 (인하대학교 해양과학과)
  • Lee, Hyun-Bok (Deep-sea & Marine Georesources Research Department, KORDI) ;
  • Chi, Sang-Bum (Deep-sea & Marine Georesources Research Department, KORDI) ;
  • Park, Cheong-Kee (Deep-sea & Marine Georesources Research Department, KORDI) ;
  • Kim, Ki-Hyune (Deep-sea & Marine Georesources Research Department, KORDI) ;
  • Ju, Se-Jong (Marine Living Resources Research Department, KORDI) ;
  • Oh, Jae-Kyung (Department of Oceanography, College of Natural Science, Inha University)
  • 발행 : 2008.08.31
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초록

망간단괴를 상업적으로 개발하기 위해 고려할 사항은 망간단괴의 부존량과 금속함량 외에 채광기의 주행성과 채광시 발생하는 환경충격의 최소화를 들 수 있다. 특히 환경충격의 최소화를 위해 우선 채광지역의 해저면 특성을 이해하는 것은 필수적이다. 해저면의 특성 중 해저퇴적물의 물리적 특성과 전단강도는 주행성과 환경변화를 예측하는 중요한 기준이 된다. 이들 특성을 파악하기 위하여 2004년부터 2006년 사이에 북동태평양 클라리온-클리퍼톤 균열대의 대한민국 광구에서 채취한 주상시료 퇴적물의 함수율, 입도, 밀도, 공극률 및 전단강도를 분석하였다. 분석결과, 퇴적물의 물리적인 특성은 경도 변화에 따른 동서간의 차이(KR1과 KR2 차이)보다 위도 변화에 따른 남북간의 차이(KR1 또는 KR2와 KR5 차이)가 뚜렷한 것으로 나타났다. 남쪽 지역의 함수율, 공극비, 공극률은 북쪽 지역보다 높게 나타난 반면에 입자밀도는 남쪽 지역이 북쪽 지역에 비해서 상대적으로 낮게 나타났다. 퇴적물 주상시료의 전단강도는 $0{\sim}10$ cm에서 북쪽 지역이 조금 높지만 10 cm 하부의 깊이에서는 남쪽지역이 뚜렷이 높게 나타났다. 또한 채광기의 정상주행에 필요한 전단강도를 5 kPa라고 가정하면 KR1, KR2, KR5 지역에서 평균적으로 5 kPa에 도달하는 깊이는 각각 18, 13, 10 cm로 나타났다. 채광기가 정상 주행하는 동안 같은 부피의 퇴적물이 교란된다면 함수율이 높은 퇴적물에서 교란되는 퇴적물의 양이 적을 것이다. 또한 채광기의 정상주행에 필요한 전단강도에 도달하는 퇴적층의 깊이가 얕을수록 교란되는 퇴적물의 부피가 작을 것으로 예상된다. 따라서 채광작업은 연구지역 중에서 함수율이 높고 10 cm 하부의 전단강도가 큰 남쪽 지역이 북쪽지역에 비해 유리할 것으로 판단된다.

Trafficablility of a miner and potential environmental impacts due to mining activities should be considered in the selection of a commercial manganese nodule mining site. These two factors can be evaluated comparatively with physical properties and shear strength of sea-bed sediments. For the qualitative comparison of potential minig sites in terms of these two factors, physical properties such as water contents, void ratios, porosities, and grain densities, and shear strengths of surface sediments were determined for the three potential manganese nodule mining sites(KR1, KR2, and KR5) in the Korean manganese nodule contract area, northeast Pacific. For the study, sediment samples were collected from 107 stations from 2004 to 2006. The physical properties of surface sediments showed more significant differences between northern(KR1, KR2) and southern(KR5) blocks than between northern blocks(KR1 vs. KR2). Water content, void ratio, and porosity of sediments from KR5 were relatively higher than those from KR1 and KR2. Grain density of sediments from KR5 was relatively lower than those from KR1 and KR2. Shear strengths of the top 10cm sediments were higher in KR1 and KR2, whereas those of the deeper part were highest in KR5 block. Generally, sediments of high water contents are less suspendible than those of the low water contents by benthic disturbances, thus less disturbance is expected in the sediments of high water content by mining activities. In terms of trafficability, the shear strength of sediment below 10 cm deep is more important than shallower part because miner will disturb at least top 10 cm interval of the surface sediments. Base on these results, we conclude that KR5 area will be the best site for commercial mining among three investigated sites in this study.

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