• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Environment and Ecology Conference
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• autumn
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• pp.13-17
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• 2004

• Journal of The Geomorphological Association of Korea
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.121-129
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• 2011

This work is to elucidate in typological aspect main geomorphological processes in the morphogenetic system of Mongolian steppe zone. Its morphogenesis manifest interaction of intense gelifraction and active erosion either by slope run-off or by wind. Intense gelifraction owes both to cold temperature regime with great amplitude, and to moisture associated with snow fall. Erosion of material produced by gelifraction is assured by surface run-off of summer rainfall and spring eolian activities. The geomorphological landscape sculptured by such morphogenetic processes manifest low-relief smooth slopes. This feature reveals that intense gelifraction keeps abreast with removal of weathering product by surface run-off and wind.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.47 no.4
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• pp.474-489
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• 2012

Last review papers on Korean geomorphology and physical geography had been published in 1997 and 2000 respectively. A proposal to publish a book on Korean geomorphologists' achievement resulted in series of review papers in Journal of the Korean Geomorphological Association. This article aims to summarize these papers and introduce their findings to foreign scholars. On remarkable achievement is a fierce debate on the effectiveness of traditional mountain concept to explain the shape of Korean peninsula, which made the public's understanding of geomorphology widen to the general public. Reflecting public demands, concerns for the effects of coastal facilities on coastal erosion and conservation mind and scientific researches for the coastal sand dunes have increased so much. Geomorphological hazards such as debris flow attracted many concerned scientists, and geotourism-related papers in scientific journals increased thanks to the designation of first geopark in Korea. Research papers submitted to the famous foreign academic journals are increasing in numbers these days.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.45 no.1
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• pp.75-94
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• 2010

'Green growth' is the development strategy for the sustainable society through the harmony between the environment and economy. The 'green growth' was defined and accepted by UNESCAP and countries in Asia-Pacific region. OECD also accepted it as their new development policy. 'Green New Deal' was also proposed as a new social/economic policy to response three global crisis: environmental, resources and economic. Social and environmental sustainability are the most important principles of this policy. In Korea, however, the 'green growth' is redefined and used by the government and politicians as an economic policy to support the new technology on energy efficiency and renewable energy. In here, the definitions of green growth in the world and in Korea are analysed and compared, and new term is proposed. Green growth is the development policy to response environmental crisis (ie. climate changes) to transform the society to environmentally and socially sustainable one. The possible contribution of geomorphologic researches to green growth was also proposed.

• Journal of the Speleological Society of Korea
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• no.84
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• pp.53-66
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• 2008

오늘날 기후지형학은 지형학자들에게 가장 큰 논점이 되고 있다. 기후적인 외인적인 요인이 제1차적인 형성요인이며, 2차적으로 육수와 해수에 의한 내인적인 발달요인이 된다. 카르스트의 기후 적 접근은 1950년대부터 활발하게 주장되어 현대 진화의 광대한 연구에 가담하였다. 기후적인 작용에 의한 카르스트의 발달은 지대한 영향을 가져오지만 기온에 대한 카르스트의 발달에 대한 논쟁은 기존의 우 열대 저 한대 편향에서 많은 논쟁을 야기시키고 있다. 왜냐하면 한대와 온대, 열대와 중위도 카르스트 간에 어떠한 차이가 있지 않다고 규정짓고 있기 때문이다. 이에 따라 한반도에서도 제4기 동안에 형성된 해수면의 승강작용과 태백산맥의 융기작용에 따른 카르스트의 발달은 지형발달에 지대한 영향을 미친 결과 다수의 지표면 카르스트(카렌)와 지하 동공(동굴)의 발달이 형성되었다.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.106-127
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• 1996

In Korea, modern geomorphology has developed as one of main subjects in geography, such as in Europe. Geomorphology is one of the most advanced specialties in the geography dicipline, since foundation of Korean Geographical Society in 1945. Untill 1960's study, first generation of the Korean geomorphologists trained the younger ones, together with energetic research activities. Their great works in education and research established the base of ulterier development of the geomorphology in Korea. Since 1970s, research manpower and quality has incresed rapidly, partly due to the various international activities and cooperations of Korean geomorphologists. Owing to above development, Korean geomorphologist was able to found "The Geomorphological Association of Korea" in 1990 and publish "Journal of GAK", since 1994. Furthermore, geomorphologists are playing important roles in interdisciplinary academic societies, such as "The Korean Quaternary Assocition". Still 1960s, our research had focused on the identification and interpretation of erosional surfaces in Korea Peninsular. Of course, W.M. Davis's "Geographical Cycle Theory" and L.C. King's "Pedimentation Theory" had a great influence on the Koerans' works. After 1970s, the study of erosional surface played the important role in setting up the morphoclimatic viewpoint and methodology. Research scope tend to be notably broad and various than it was untill 1960's. Disposotion of the scientific methods and techniques become more and more apparent. These trends of research has settled precise descreption and interpretation of actual landforms, based on the careful field works, scientific measuring, and analisis, rather than methodology focused on the particular master theories. Recent geomorphological researches show the scope from climatic geomorphology and Quaternary geomorphology to granite and limestone weathering, pedo-geomorphogenic environment and periglacial landforms, focused on the small-to-medium scales. And then there have been new trying to interprete erosional surfaces such as hillslopes and terraces. Also, studies of coastal and plain landforms have been successfully developed. Recent new trends show the quantitative and analytic modelling using field measurement and laboratory work, and study on the human impacts on the natural landforms.y on the human impacts on the natural landforms.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.35 no.5
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• pp.653-663
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• 2000

본 논문에서는 설악산 아고산대에 나타나는 산정형 암괴원에 관한 여러 가지 논의를 제시하였다. 이 암괴원은 산악인들에게는 너덜지대로 너리 알려져 있었으며, 설악산의 북쪽 황철봉과 귀떼기봉에서 대청에 이르는 서북주릉 상 화강암류의 기반암에 암괴원이 분포하고 있다. 이들 암괴원은 규모가 클 뿐망 아니라 암괴상에는 풍화쇄설물을 가지고 있는 나마(gnamma)와 그루브(groove)를 비롯한 많은 화학적 풍화에 의한 미지형들이 발견되고 있어 한반도의 제 4기 후반의 기후변화와 지형형성 영력을 연구할수 이는 기후지형학적으로 중요한 연구지역이라 하겠다. 본 논문에서는 추후 발표될 암괴원의 성인과 고기후학적 의의에 관한 논의에 앞서 먼저 분포지역에 대한 소개와 몇 가지 이론적 고찰에 관하여 논의를 제한하고자 한다. 국내에서는 테일러스, 암괴류 등에 관한 논의가 상당히 이루어지고 있으나 암괴원에 관한 본격적인 논의는 아직 시작단계에 있다. Landsat 영상에 의한 구조선 분석 결과 구조선 밑도는 설악산 지역에서 큰 차이를 나타내지는 않으며, 암괴원은 대부분 화강암 지역에서 나타나는 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of The Geomorphological Association of Korea
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.19-30
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• 2019

This study summarizes domestic and foreign previous works on fluvial terrace with absolute ages to discuss formative process of climatic terrace in Korea. Different from traditional climatic terrace model, approximately three quarters from foreign works have argued that formation of climatic terrace can be attributed to medium- and short-term climatic change or other environmental factors, rather than long-term climatic change of glacial and interglacial cycles. Based on previous works on fluvial terrace in Korea, it can be suggested that fluvial terrace in Korea formed not due to long-term climatic change of 100,000-year cycles related to glacial and interglacial cycles, but due to medium- and short-term climatic change or climatic event of tens of thousands of years related to intensity change in summer monsoon, one of the important factors affecting precipitation in Korea.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2005.05b
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• pp.811-815
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• 2005

산악지역의 유출은 지형적 특성 때문에 매우 빠른 반응시간을 가지고 첨두유량 또한 매우 크게 마련인데 이러한 특성 때문에 산악지역의 돌발홍수 발생 메카니즘과 이것의 정확한 규명은 지금까지 수많은 연구과제의 주제가 되어왔다. 본 연구는 산악지역의 유출 특성을 잘 반영한다고 알려진 수문지형학을 기초한 지형기후학적단위도(geomorphoclimatic unit hydrograph, GCUH) 이론을 토대로 단일유역 산악지역과 분할유역 규모의 유출 특성을 규명하고 각각의 유역특성에 맞는 돌발홍수예경보시스템을 제안 및 비교 검토하고자 한다.

• Journal of The Geomorphological Association of Korea
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.17-33
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• 2011

This study summarizes the research history of fluvial terraces in Korea and examines the geomorphic properties of fluvial terraces in Korea based on the previous works. The research history of fluvial terraces in Korea can be divided into the three periods. The theories of fluvial terraces were spread by the early geomorphologists during the period of Japanese colonial era to mid-1980s. The dissertations on the fluvial terraces were intensively published during the late 1980s to 1990s and their discussions were the center of geomorphology researches in Korea. Since 2000s, the discussions have become more mature and researches have been quantitatively increased as the various methodologies have been developed. The fluvial terraces in Korea are mostly developed in the western and eastern parts of the Taebaek Mountains, upper and middle reaches of Han and Nakdong River, and in the western slopes of Sobaek Mountains, middle reaches of Namhan River, upper and middle reaches of Geum and Seomjin River. Along these rivers in actively uplifted areas, fluvial terraces with much higher altitude from riverbed are observable and incision rates are relatively high. In the sense of the formation ages, they have developed in not regular patterns by the climatic changes during the Quaternary, but in more complicated aspects by the environmental conditions such as climate, hydrology, geology and geomorphology in the specific drainage basins.