• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.351-363
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• 2009

Two orthogonal joint sets develop well only in sandstone beds in the sandstone-mudstone sequences of Gumi and Dasa outcrops within Cretaceous Gyeongsang Basin. And various joint data are similar in the beds of the same thickness in both outcrops, meaning that the joint sets were homogeneously produced by extensional deformation in the same regional stress field. Most of joints in the sandstone beds are orthogonal to, and confined by bed boundaries, which are believed to be formed by hydrofracturing during consolidation after burial. Two orthogonal joint sets are considered to be almost coeval on the basis of mutual abutting relationship which makes up fracture grid-lock and a product of rapid switching of ${\sigma}_2$ and ${\sigma}_3$ axes with constant ${\sigma}_1$ direction oriented to vertical. The joint sets in the sandstone beds show planar surfaces, parallel orientations and regular spacing, with joint spacing linearly proportional to bed thickness. The spacing distributions of the joints seem to correspond to log-normal to almost normal distribution in most of the beds. But multilayer joints do not display regular spacing and dominant size. Either joint set in this study is characterized by a high level of joint density and a saturated spacing distribution as indicated by the mode/mean ratio values and the Cv(coefficient of variance) values. Joint aperture tends to increase with the vertical length of the joints controlled by bed thickness.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.141-152
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• 2001

The waterway tunnel zone (length 1,484m) in the Hyeonseo-myeon area that is a part of Yeongcheon dam waterway tunnel has been studied to characterize the relationship between groundwater inflow into the waterway tunnel and hydrogeologic characteristics. The effects of sandstone thickness in the tunnel section. fracture density, fracture aperture and spacing, fault zone width and hydraulic conductivity on the early inflow (inflow prior to the lining and grouting) are investigated. The relationship between fracture density and hydraulic conductivity is also considered. The result of the study suggests that fault zone width has the greatest effect on groundwater inflow into the tunnel, and sandstone thickness, hydraulic conductivity and fracture density in order shows an influence on the inflow.

• 한국지구과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.09a
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• pp.32-39
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• 2005

최근 들어 북한 서해안 일대의 원유매장 가능성에 대한 보도가 국내외 언론에 자주 오르내리고 있다. 실제 북한의 서한만 분지는 일일 생산량 450 배럴의 원유가 생산되고 있어 석유부존 가능성이 확인되었고, 중국에서 큰 유전중 하나인 발해만 유전지대와 지리적으로 근접해 있어 대규모 매장 가능성도 있다. 지금까지 밝혀진 북한 서한만의 지질은 중국의 발해만과 유사하다. 후기 원생대와 초기 고생대에 생성된 기반암 위에는 최대 6 ${\sim}$ 10 km 두께의 탄산염암 및 중생대 퇴적암과 4 ${\sim}$ 5 km 두께의 퇴적암이 집적되어 있다. 근원암은 3 km 이상 되는 쥐라기 흑색 셰일과 1 ${\sim}$ 2 km 두께의 백악기 흑색 셰일 그리고 수 km 두께의 중생대 이전의 탄산염암으로 구성되어 있다. 저류층은 높은 공극률을 가진 중생대부터 신생대에 퇴적된 사암과 중생대전에 균열된 탄산염암이다. 원유 트랩은 배사구조, 단층구조, 파묻혀 있는 언덕 그리고 층서형 트랩 형태다. 따라서 서한만에서의 퇴적층들은 다양한 형태의 근원암을 가지며 또한 공극률과 투수율이 높고, 많은 단층에 의한 이동경로를 가지게 되므로, 사암으로 이루어진 석유 저장지만 발견하면 석유를 생산할 수 있을 것으로 추정된다.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.45 no.5
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• pp.565-578
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• 2012

Sedimentary facies of the Middle to Upper Cambrian Sesong Formation, Taebacksan Basin, are analyzed using detailed field mapping and stratigraphic section measuring. As a result, five sedimentary facies are recognized in the formation, which include lime nodule bearing shale facies, anastomosing wackestone-packstone facies, well-laminated siltstone facies, fine to medium sandstone facies and lime pebble conglomerate facies. Together with sedimentary facies analysis, study on vertical facies variation indicates that the Sesong Formation was deposited in an outer to inner shelf during relative sea-level fall. Especially, shallow marine aspects of the upper part of the Sesong Formation including 10-m-thick, fine to medium-grained sandstones appear to be very similar with the shallow marine strata accumulated during the Steptoean Stage (Dunderbergia) in Laurentia. These lithofacies comparisons of coeval strata between two continents suggest that sedimentation in the Sesong Formation reflects the influence of global sea-level fall occurred during the late Middle Cambrian to early Late Cambrian. As well, a stratigraphic discontinuity surface that may have sequence stratigraphic significance is recognized within the shallow marine sandstone beds of the uppermost Sesong Formation. This stratigraphic discontinuity surface may correspond to the Sauk II-III sequence boundary in Laurentia. Therefore, results delineated in this study will use a new stratigraphic paradigm for regional correlation of the Middle to Late Cambrian strata (e.g., the Sesong Formation) in the Taebacksan Basin, and will provide very useful information on intercontinental stratigraphic correlation in the future.

• Journal of the Geological Society of Korea
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• v.54 no.6
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• pp.631-640
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• 2018

To understand the formation and evolution of a sedimentary basin in basin analysis and modelling studies, it is important to analyze the thickness and age range of sedimentary layers infilling a basin. Because the compaction effect reduces the thickness of sedimentary layers during burial, basin modelling studies typically restore the reduced thickness using the relation of porosity and depth (compaction trend). Based on the compilation plots of published compaction trends of representative sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale and carbonate), this study estimates the compaction trend ranges with exponential curves and equations. Numerical analysis of sedimentary compaction is performed to evaluate the variation of porosity and layer thickness with depth at key curves within the compaction trend ranges. In sandstone, initial porosity lies in a narrow range and decreases steadily with increasing depth, which results in relatively constant thickness variations. For shale, the porosity variation shows two phases which are fast reduction until ~2,000 m in depth and slow reduction at deeper burial, which corresponds to the thickness variation pattern of shale layers. Carbonate compaction is characterized by widely distributed porosity values, which results in highly varying layer thickness with depth. This numerical compaction analysis presents quantitatively the characteristics of porosity and layer thickness variation of each lithology, which influence on layer thickness reconstruction, subsidence and thermal effect analyses to understand the basin formation and evolution. This work demonstrates that the compaction trend is an important factor in basin modelling and underlines the need for appropriate application of porosity data to produce accurate analysis outcomes.

• The Korean Journal of Quaternary Research
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.23-32
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• 1994

고생대(폐름기)의 육성 퇴적층(옥갑산층) 일부분이 고기 우각호(ox-bow lake)에 서 퇴적된 것으로 해석된다, 옥갑산층의 하부층서의 일부분은 암회색 이암/담회색 사암의 호층 단위가 평균 5.1cm 두께로 약 80회반복하는 암상을 나타낸다. 이 암상의 퇴적환경은 층서적 상하 암상의 연합에 근거하면 해안 평야로서 하천 범람원 분지의 쇄설성 퇴적환경의 일부이 면서 사행천과 연관된 우각호 퇴적환경으로 해석된다.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.49 no.6
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• pp.469-477
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• 2016

To evaluate the $CO_2$ storage capacity for the reservoir rock, the laboratory scale technique to measure the amount of $scCO_2$, replacing pore water of the reservior rock after the $CO_2$ injection was developed in this study. Laboratory experiments were performed to measure the $scCO_2$ displacement efficiency of the conglomerate and the sandstone in Janggi basin, which are classified as available $CO_2$ storage rocks in Korea. The high pressurized stainless steel cell containing two different walls was designed and undisturbed rock cores acquired from the deep drilling site around Janggi basin were used for the experiments. From the lab experiments, the average $scCO_2$ displacement efficiency of the conglomerate and the sandstone in Janggi basin was measured at 31.2% and 14.4%, respectively, which can be used to evaluate the feasibility of the Janggi basin as a $scCO_2$ storage site in Korea. Assuming that the effective radius of the $CO_2$ storage formations is 250 m and the average thickness of the conglomerate and the sandstone formation under 800 m in depth is 50 m each (from data of the drilling profile and the geophysical survey), the $scCO_2$ storage capacity of the reservoir rocks around the probable $scCO_2$ injection site in Janggi basin was calculated at 264,592 metric ton, demonstrating that the conglomerate and the sandstone formations in Janggi basin have a great potential for use as a pilot scale test site for the $CO_2$ storage in Korea.

• 한국지구과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.20-20
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• 2010

강원도 태백 지역에 위치한 조선누층군의 세송층을 대상으로 암상변화, 해수면 변화, 안정탄소동위원소 층서를 조사하였다. 세송층은 중기에서 후기 캄브리아기에 속하는 지층으로서 직동지역과 사군다리지역에서 조사하였다. 직동지역의 세송층은 수평층리 이회암상, 리본 석회암상, 단괴 석회암상, 수평층리 사암상, 석회역암상으로 구성되어 있으며, 이들은 내부완사면, 중부완사면, 외부완사면의 세개의 상조합으로 분류되었다. 세송층의 하부로부터 약 30m 까지는 리본석회암상과 석회역암상, 일부 단괴석회암상이 나타나는 구간으로 중부완사면 환경에서 퇴적된 것으로 해석되며, 약 30m부터 42m 까지는 점차 이회암상의 비율이 증가하여 상향 세립화의 경향성을 보이는 구간으로 외부완사면 환경에서 퇴적된 것으로 해석된다. 사군다리 지역은 세송층의 상부가 나타나는 곳으로 평행엽층리사암상과 단괴석회암상이 관찰되며 중부완사면 환경에서 퇴적된 것으로 해석된다. 세송층의 석회암은 하부 이암, 중부 와케스톤, 상부 와케스톤과 팩스톤으로 변화하는 것으로 관찰되었다. 세송층에서의 안정탄소동위원소 잘량 분석결과 양의 값(2.5-3.0‰)을 보이는 Peak 구간이 하부로부터 25m 높이 부근에서 존재하는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 분석결과는 Steptoean 시기(약 496 Ma)에 전 지구적으로 발생했던 안정탄소동위원소 값의 양(positive)의 변동을 반영한 SPICE(Steptoean positive carbon isotope excursion) 구간에 해당되는 것으로 해석된다. SPICE 구간은 세송층의 중상부에 해당하는 곳으로 와케스톤, 팩스톤의 석회암을 포함하는 석회역암상, 단괴 석회암상으로 구성되어 있으며 이는 상대적으로 해수면이 낮았던 시기를 지시한다. 이러한 SPICE는 큰 규모의 전 지구적 탄소순환의 변동을 대표하며 대륙 간의 대비를 용이하게 하고 퇴적당시의 환경적 변화를 해석하는데 도움을 준다. 북중국과 북미 Laurentia의 안정탄소동위원소 값을 비교해보면 두 지역 모두 세송층과 유사한 값을 보인다. 다만 북중국 지역은 Chuangia Zone에서 SPICE가 나타나는 반면 세송층은 Prochuangia Zone에서 SPICE가 나타난다는 차이가 있다.

• Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.199-210
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• 2023

The physical properties of rocks in reservoirs change after CO₂ injection, we modeled a reservoir with a transition zone within which the physical properties change linearly. The function of the Wolf reflection coefficient consists of the velocity ratio of the upper and lower layers, the frequency, and the thickness of the transition zone. This function can be used to estimate the thickness of a reservoir or seafloor transition zone. In this study, we propose a method for predicting the thickness of the transition zone using deep learning. To apply deep learning, we modeled the thickness-dependent Wolf reflection coefficient on an artificial transition zone formation model consisting of sandstone reservoir and shale cap rock and generated time-frequency spectral images using the continuous wavelet transform. Although thickness estimation performed by comparing spectral images according to different thicknesses and a spectral image from a trace of the seismic stack did not always provide accurate thicknesses, it can be applied to field data by obtaining training data in various environments and thus improving its accuracy.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.41 no.5
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• pp.587-595
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• 2008

The geology of the Capim region in Brazil is composed of Ipixua Formation in Mesozoic-Tertiary(Miocene), sedimentary rocks in Miocene, Barreiras Formation(sedimentary rocks) in Pleistocene and sediments in Holocene. Kaolin deposit consists of Barreiras Formation(average depth in 120m) composed of sandstone, clay, fine sand of Miocene to Pliocene age. Kaolin of the high grade is white in color and its thickness averages 7m. The orebody formed by kaolinite was confirmed by XRD, is shape of hexagonal, SK is above 33 degree. It is class A also suit for producing a paper without filtration. According to the CPRM report, the reservation of kaolin ore is amounts of 566,819,164 tons.