• Journal of Conservation Science
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• v.16 s.16
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• pp.5-14
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• 2004

Luminescence dating is based upon the premise that several commonly occurring minerals (e.g. quartz and feldspar) can be used as natural dosimeters, recording the amount of radiation to which they have been exposed. We report results of optical dating on quartz samples separated from archaeological remains (burnt soils and potteries), which were excavated at Myungam-Ri, Asan, and Chungnam province and at Sayang-Ri, Chinchun, Chungbuk province, considered as the cultural site of the early Bronze Age. The resultant dates were in good agreement with the ages derived by archaeological assessment. It is concluded that the optical dating introduced in here should contribute significantly to future archaeological dating work.

• 한국문화재보존과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2003.09a
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• pp.82-82
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• 2003

• The Journal of the Petrological Society of Korea
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.69-83
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• 2016

Radiocarbon and OSL ages of three monogenetic volcanoes inferred to be the last volcanoes on Jeju Island, Korea were determined to identify a volcano described in historical records. The results show that the ages of those volcanoes are roughly <3.8 ka (Songaksan), >4.5 ka (Biyangdo), and <6~7 ka (Ilchulbong). Though our efforts to make a positive match between historical records and volcano-chronological dating were not successful, we make a new suggestion in this paper that two historical records of volcanic activity in 1002 and 1007 A.D. could be interpreted to be the sequential volcanic events from a single monogenetic volcano. In addition, based on a volcanological reinterpretation of historical records, we infer that the volcano described therein is most likely Mt. Songaksan, in Daejeongeup, which had early phreatomagmatic and late magmatic activities after 3.8 ka ago. Furthermore, considering the geopolitical relationship between the Goryeo Dynasty and the Tamna Kingdom, in addition with the culture of the era, this study sheds new light on the possibility that there is a time gap between the actual eruptions and the historical recording of them by ancient people.

• 한국지구과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.09a
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• pp.154-157
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• 2005

제주도 남제주군 사계리 해안에서 발견된 사람과 각종 동물 발자국 화석의 생성 연대를 규명하기 위하여 문화재청에서 한국지질자원연구원에 연구 용역을 의뢰하여, 사람 발자국 화석이 산출되는 지층에서 유기물의 탄소동위원소 연대 측정과 광여기루미네선스(Optically Stimulated Luminescence, OSL) 연대 측정을 실시하였다. 그 결과, Humin 유기물에 대한 탄소동위원소 측정값은 상부로부터 $10,901{\pm}60$년, $13,513{\pm}65$년 그리고 $15,161{\pm}70$년이고, Humic 유기물에 대한 탄소동위원소 측정값은 $9,289{\pm}90$년, $8,622{\pm}90$년 및 $8,098{\pm}50$년 이며, OSL 연대 측정 방법에 의하면 $6,800{\pm}300{\sim}7,600{\pm}500$년이다. 이 측정 자료에서 한국지질자원연구원은 탄소동위원소에 의한 측정값은 배제하고, OSL 연대 측정값인 $6,800{\pm}300{\sim}7,600{\pm}500$년을 사람 발자국 화석의 생성 연대로 해석하였다. 그러나 Humin 유기물에 의한 탄소동위원소 측정값을 배제한 가장 중요한 이유로 Humin 유기물이 산성 또는 알칼리에 잘 녹지 않기 때문에 재순환되어 발자국 화석이 생성될 당시 외부에서 유입되어 더 오래된 연대값을 나타낸다고 주장하였는데, 이러한 주장은 아무런 근거가 없다. 또한 송악산의 분출이 약 10,000년 이내에 분출하였다는 명확한 근거가 없으며, 석영을 이용한 OSL 연대 측정은 연대를 결정하기 위해 고려되는 여러 요소들에 수반되는 불확실한 요소(예를 들면, 수분 함량 문제 등)들로 인해 탄소동위원소 연대 측정에 비해 정밀도와 정확도가 낮으며, 특히 화산 기원 석영의 경우, 정확한 등가선량의 측정이 어렵기 때문에 연대 측정에 오류가 발생할 수 있음이 잘 알려져 있고, 주변의 화산 활동으로 인한 열수에 의해 OSL 신호가 영향을 받을 수 있는 가능성을 배제할 수 없다. 따라서 현재의 연대 측정 결과만으로 사람 발자국 화석의 생성 연대를 결정하는 데 가장 신뢰성이 있는 자료는 Humin 유기물에 의한 탄소동위원소 연대 측정값이며, 이를 근거로 할 때, 사람 발자국 화석의 생성 연대는 $13,513{\pm}65{\sim}15,161{\pm}70$년 사이로 보는 것이 가장 합리적이고 타당하다.

• Journal of The Geomorphological Association of Korea
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.87-98
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• 2010

There have been growing concerns for the sea level rise due to global warming in recent years. Sea level rise is a serious problem to densely populated coastal areas, because it may affect the coastal landforms to be damaged. Especially coastal sand deposits like coastal dunes are more sensitive than the other coastal landforms. In this paper, Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) and Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) dating method were used to identify the Holocene geomorphic changes of coastal dune field in Shinduri located at the western coast. The main results in this study that are the dunefield in the study area may have begun to form at around 6.8 ka and it has grown seaward thereafter. Then, dunefield appears to have extensively developed since 3.7 ka. This result, together with previous works on the sea level and climatic changes in the western coast of Korea suggest that the dunefield has been affected by the sea level regression since the Holocene high stand in the Holocene at around 6 ka and climatic change from warm and humid to cold and dry conditions occurred at 4.5 ka.

• Journal of the Korean Geophysical Society
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.87-93
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• 2001

The roof tiles excavated from the mountain fortress at Namsan-ri Seocheon-gun in Chungnam province were dated by using SAR protocol, Sample preparation was done with the quartz exclusion method. The paleodoses from 6 kinds of roof tiles were obtained from OSL measurements and the does rates of the soil around the excavated roof tiles and the tile themselves were measured from ICP/MS and ICP/AES with the conversion table. From the evaluated paleodose and the dose rate, the age of the roof tiles were determined to be from(733 ± 50)AD to (1160 ± 50)AD and the error was less than 10%.

• Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.357-365
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• 2010

Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) of quartz is commonly applied to the age dating of Quaternary sediments. However, one of the issues is that some of the quartz samples are not suitable to OSL dating. Mineralogical analysis of the quartz samples with diverse OSL signals are required to strengthen the reliability and applicability of the OSL dating. We analysed the OSL signal characteristics of sedimentary quartz samples from diverse geological environments and measured their trace element contents using laser-ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). Quartz samples could be grouped into ones suitable to OSL dating and ones unsuitable on the basis of their OSL signal characteristics. The average trace element contents ranged from 73 to 260 ppm (Al), and from 61 to 248 ppm (Ti) with minor Li, Mg, Cr, Mn, and Fe contents below 40 ppm. We did not find any significant variation of trace element contents of quartz samples consistent with their OSL signal characteristics. This indicates unknown mineralogical factors causing diverse OSL characteristics which should be confirmed by further analysis of sufficient set of samples.

• The Journal of the Petrological Society of Korea
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.221-234
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• 2017

The Baengnokdam, the summit crater of Mt. Halla, is one of the representative geosites of World Natural Heritage and Global Geopark in Jeju Island. The crater is marked by two distinctive volcanic lithofacies that comprise: 1) a trachytic lava dome to the west of the crater and 2) trachybasaltic lava flow units covering the gentle eastern slope of the mountain. This study focuses on understanding the formative process of this peculiar volcanic lithofacies association at the summit of Mt. Halla through field observation and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of the sediments underlying the craterforming volcanics. The trachyte dome to the west of the crater is subdivided into 3 facies units that include: 1) the trachyte breccias originating from initial dome collapse, 2) the trachyte lava-flow unit and 3) the domal main body. On the other side, the trachybasalt is subdivided into 2 facies units that include: 1) the spatter and scoria deposit from the early explosive eruption and 2) lava-flow unit from the later effusion eruption. Quartz OSL dating on the sediments underlying the trachyte breccias and the trachybasaltic lava-flow unit reveals ages of ca. 37 ka and ca. 21 ka, respectively. The results point toward that the Baengnokdam summit crater was formed by eruption of trachybasaltic magma at about 19~21 ka after the trachyte dome formed later than 37 ka.

• Journal of The Geomorphological Association of Korea
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.39-54
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• 2019

In this paper, based on evidence of coastal sediment, we show that erosion and sedimentation environments are very sensitive to sea level changes during the Medieval Warm Period (MWP) and the Little Ice Age (LIA). We identified four sedimentary units(4.57-3.07m), which formed in the Dark Age Cool Period (DACP), MWP and LIA were classified based on the lithostratigraphy, grain size distribution, magnetic susceptibility and geochemistry of a drilling core taken from the west coast of Hwaseong City. The unconformity surfaces as boundaries of the units were also identified by the lithostratigraphy shown on the drilling core. We propoese that sedimentation was dominant in the area during the periods of sea level rise, whereas erosion prevailed during the periods of sea level fall. Particularly, extreme events, such as floods and typhoons are believed to have accelerated these processes, and we found the associated evidence in sediments of two units. This study provides an example of estimating the relative sea level variation using coastal sediments and may be useful for studying past sea level changes around the Korean Peninsula.

• Proceedings of the Korean Quaternary Association Conference
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• 2005.10a
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• pp.48-54
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• 2005

Terrace morphology is so conspicuous in the south eastern coastal areas. Coastal terraces can be divided into 5 main surfaces, including beach and coastal alluvial plain(AP, $4{\sim}5m$), Low Terrace(LT, 8 $^{\sim}$ 25m), Middle Terrace(MT, 36 $^{\sim}$ 55m), High Terrace(HT, 63 $^{\sim}$ 86m) and upper High Terrace(uHT, above 90m). Among them Lower Terrace Formation is distributed between 8m and 20m in altitude. Both Tephra deposited of LT2 formation and OSL datings of sand layers in LT 2 and LT 3 Formations support the age of the LT 2 formation is MIS 5d or 5e, most probably 5e. The age of LT 3 is interpreted MIS 5a, based on tephra production in organic mud layers and OSL dating of sand deposits just above the beach pebbles of the LT 3. Particularly the transgression, possibly equivalent to the well-known Monastirrian episode in the Mediterranean Sea.