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Research Strategy on Columnar Joint in South Korea

우리나라 주상절리에 대한 연구 전략

  • Ahn, Kun Sang (Department of Earth Science Education, Chosun University)
  • 안건상 (조선대학교 지구과학교육과)
  • Received : 2014.09.03
  • Accepted : 2014.10.21
  • Published : 2014.12.31
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Abstract

Based on a summary of the previous studies on columnar joints, this study presents research strategies and subjects to understand a formation of columnar joints, and its application in South Korea as follows; geometry of colonnade and entablature, formation mechanism and pattern change, surface morphology and internal structure, platy joint at the top and the bottom of columnar joints, crack patterns in drying starch-water slurries, using numerical models and computer graphics on joint formation, scale and geometry concerned with occurrence of volcanic rock, petrological and mineralogical study of the host rock. Additionally, more research is needed, such as deformation of column pattern during the hot state, secondary landform by alteration and weathering on the Earth's surface such as rock stream, tor and tafoni. This study will take an active role in research of columnar joint and the Cenozoic lava flow of South Korea. Results of this study will be useful to the activation of geotourism and geological field study.

주상절리에 관한 최근 연구를 살펴본 결과, 우리나라에 분포하는 주상절리를 이해하고, 활용하기 위한 연구 방향은 다음과 같다; 칼러네이드와 엔테블러춰의 기하학적 형태, 형성 메커니즘과 패턴의 변화, 수평단면과 내부 구조, 주상절리 상하부의 판상절리, 전분 혼합액의 건조실험, 절리 형성에 대한 수치 모델 및 컴퓨터 그래픽 활용, 화산암의 산출 상태에 따른 주상절리 형태와 크기, 모암의 암석학적 및 광물학적 연구. 이와 더불어 지표에 노출된 후의 변질, 풍화작용의 결과로 만들어진 너덜겅, 토르, 타포니 등과 같은 2차적인 경관에 대한 기재도 필요하다. 이 연구는 우리나라 주상절리와 신생대 용암류를 해석하는 중요한 역할을 할 것이다. 또한 연구 성과는 지질관광의 활성화와 지질학습장 측면에서 활용도가 높을 것이다.

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