Korean Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology (광물과 암석)

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Application of Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) for Biotically Induced Microstructure Observation in Sedimentary Sample of Natural Condition

주사전자현미경 분석을 활용한 자연환경 퇴적시료의 생물기원구조 관찰

  • Park, Hanbeom (Department of Earth System Sciences, Yonsei University) ;
  • Kim, Jinwook (Department of Earth System Sciences, Yonsei University)
  • 박한범 (연세대학교지구시스템과학과) ;
  • 김진욱 (연세대학교지구시스템과학과)
  • Received : 2020.09.09
  • Accepted : 2020.09.22
  • Published : 2020.09.30
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Abstract

The activity of living microorganism directly or indirectly affects to the biomineralization in sediments and rocks that display the unique biotic structure. Minerals in the biotic structures showed unique properties and bypass the thermodynamic and kinetic barriers. Therefore, investigations on the biotically induced microstructure is essential to identify the new mineral formation mechanism by analyzing crystal structures and morphology at a nano-scale. The significant implication as well as advantages of using scanning electron microscopy to characterize the biotic structures were discussed in this paper for the examples of hydrothermal vent area microbial mat and deep-sea ferromanganese crust sample.

생물체의 활동 특히 미생물의 활동은 직·간접적으로 전 지구적으로 분포하는 퇴적물 및 암석 내부 광물의 형성 및 변형에 영향을 주고, 일부는 특징적인 생물기원구조를 형성한다. 특히, 특징적인 생물기원구조에 분포하는 광물은 기존에 알려진 무기적 과정을 통하여 형성되기 어려운 환경에서 형성되기도 하고, 무기적 과정을 통하여 형성된 광물과는 다른 물성 및 특성을 나타낸다. 이러한 생물체의 영향을 받아 형성된 생물기원구조에 대해 연구·분석하는 것은 새로운 광물 형성 메커니즘을 규명하는데 필수적이라 할 수 있다. 따라서 본 논문은 심해저 망간각 및 해저열수분출공 지역 미생물 매트 시료를 예로 들어, 주사전자현미경 분석을 통한 자연환경에 분포하는 생물기원구조 관찰에 대해 소개하고 분석방법, 장점 및 활용에 대해 설명하고자 한다.

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