• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.49 no.2
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• pp.155-165
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• 2016

Quartz schist - quartzite is often intercalated in metasedimentary rocks of Ogcheon belt or aligned parallel to the boundary between Yeongnam massif and Ogcheon belt. However, stratigraphic sequence and or geologic age of the rocks has been still variable among authors as Precambrian or Paleozoic. In this study, we carried out SHRIMP U-Pb age data of detrital zircons from Yeongam and Yeongsanpo areas and compared ours with other zircon ages from other areas. The detrital zircons from the studied area show no age younger than 1.8 Ga but yielded clusters at Neoarchean (2.5 Ga) and Paleoproterozoic (1.8 Ga). On the other hand, the age range of zircon U-Pb dating of Paleozoic quartzites yielded from Archean to middle Paleozoic and clusters at Paleoproterozoic, Neoproterozoic and Paleozoic. The characteristics of the zircon age range and the dominant age peak might become a key to classify the Proterozoic to Paleozoic quartz schists-quartzites, which ages are still remained under controversy. Based on the statistical results of the zircon ages in this study, quartz schist - quartzite from Yeongam and Yeongsanpo is considered to be deposited during Proterozoic.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.227-241
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• 2001

Several $Co_2$-rich springs in the Chungcheong area, Le., the Angsung spring, the Chojung spring, the Myungam spring, the Bukang spring and the Daepyung spring have been long known for their particular water chemistry. The occurrences of these springs are closely related to the geologic structure of Mesozoic granite such as dyke swarms, fault zones and the geologic boundary between granite and its adjacent gneiss. The $Co_2$-rich water samples show a high $Co_2$ concentration ($P_{CO2}$ 0.25 atm to 0.99 atm), weak acidic pHs and the electrical conductivity ranging from 101 to 2,950 ${\mu}$S/cm. The $Co_2$-rich water samples are classified into the Ca-$HC0_3$ type and the Ca(Na)-$HCO_3$) type in chemical composition. Environmental isotopic data $^{2}H/^{1}H, ^{18}O/^{16}O$) indicated that $Co_2$-rich water was meteoric origin. The ${\delta}^{13}C$ values of $Co_2$-rich water range from -3.1$\textperthousand$ to -6.8$\textperthousand$ PDB. The values indicate that $H_2CO_3^0$ and $HC0_3^-$ of the water samples are mainly originated from a deep-seated source and partly contributed from carbonatc minerals. The major minerals determining the chemistry of $Co_2$-rich watcr arc probably the carbonate minerals which are present as veins and secondary minerals, and the plagiocalse in granite and gneiss.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.223-236
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• 2019

Resistivity surveys can identify the distribution of geological units and structures (including fragmented fault zones), the extent of weathered and modified geological strata, and the characteristics of groundwater. This study aims to analyze the underground sedimentary layers and geological structures near the Nari and Albong Basins of Ulleung-do, Korea, focusing on six survey lines to identify the spatial trends in subsurface resistivity. A modified dipole array method (D method) was employed, combining resistivity results obtained by existing dipole array methods (A and C methods). The modified method provides optimal analysis of the cross-section of underground resistivity, and shows a clear boundary between a low-resistivity zone (${\leq}500{\Omega}{\cdot}m$) of sedimentary layers and weak zones, and a high-resistivity zone (${\geq}5,000{\Omega}{\cdot}m$) of volcanic rock (trachyandesite). The estimated average thickness of the sedimentary layers is 50~100 m for the Albong Basin and 100~200 m for the Nari Basin. An anomaly zone, different from the weak zone in the bedrock, is identified as a caldera fault, and the low-resistivity zone extends from the surface down to the lowest survey depths.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.51 no.6
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• pp.521-529
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• 2018

This study was conducted to investigate the natural origin of fluorine contained in the rocks within the Eulwangsan area via petrological and mineralogical analyses. The main geology of the Yongyudo Eulwangsan area is Triassic biotite granite. Biotite granite and mylonite are the major rock types containing fluorine at high levels (up to 1,700 and 2,400 mg/kg for biotite granite and mylonite, respectively). In the case of the biotite granite, a high concentration of fluorine can be contributed to fluorite, and the results of microscopic analyses show that the fluorite was observed as small veinlets filling cleavages and micro-fractures within alkali-feldspars and plagioclases, or observed together with quartz in ore veins, indicating the secondary formation of fluorite by hydrothermal fluids. In mylonite, on the other hand, a high fluorine concentration is attributable to sericite. Microscopic analyses revealed that the boundary between sericite and surrounding quartz was not clear, the sericite occurred filling the micro-fractures of quartz and encapsulating small quartz cataclasts. These results indicate that the sericite was also formed as a result of hydrothermal alteration. Consequently, it is speculated that the high fluorine level in the rocks of the Eulwangsan area of Yongyudo is of natural origin due to hydrothermal processes.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.54 no.1
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• pp.91-103
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• 2021

In order to estimate the vertical and horizontal structural in the Yangsan fault core line (Naengsuri area, Pohang), we carried out gravity field measurements and interpretation procedures such as Euler deconvolution method and curvature analysis in addition to the forward modelling technique (i.e. IGMAS+). We found a prominent gravity difference of more than 1.5 mGal across the fault core. This indicates a distinct density difference between the western and eastern crustal area across the Yangsan fault line. Comparing this gravity field interpretation with other existent geologic and geophysical survey data (e.g. LiDAR, trenching, electric resistivity measurements), It is concluded that (1) the prominent gravity difference is caused by the density difference of about 0.1 g/㎤ between the Bulguksa Granite in the west and the Cretaceous Sandstone in the east side, (2) the fault core is elongated vertically into a depth of about 2,000 meters and extended horizontally 3,000 meters to the NNE direction from Naengsuri area. Our results present that the gravity field method is a very effective tool to estimate a three -dimensional image of the active fault core.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.54 no.2
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• pp.271-283
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• 2021

The Imjingang Belt in the middle-western Korean Peninsula has tectonically been correlated with the Permo-Triassic Qinling-Dabie-Sulu collisional belt between the North and South China cratons in terms of collisional tectonics. Within the belt, crustal-scale extensional ductile shear zones that were interpreted to be formed during collapsing stage with thrusts and folds were reported as evidence of collisional events by previous studies. In this study, we tried to understand the nature of deformation along the southern boundary of the belt in the Munsan area based on the interpretations of recently conducted structural analyses. To figure out the realistic geometry of the study area, the down-plunge projection was carried out based on the geometric relationships between structural elements from the detailed field investigation. We also conducted kinematic interpretations based on the observed shear sense indicators from the outcrops and the oriented thin-sections made from the mylonite samples. The prominent structures of the Munsan area are the regional-scale ENE-WSW striking thrust and the N-S trending map-scale folds, both in its hanging wall and footwall areas. Shear sense indicators suggest both eastward and westward vergence, showing opposite directions on each limb of the map-scale folds in the Munsan area. In addition, observed deformed microstructures from the biotite gneiss and the metasyenite of the Munsan area suggest that their deformation conditions are corresponding to the typical mid-crustal plastic deformation of the quartzofeldspathic metamorphic rocks. These microstructural results combined with the macro-scale structural interpretations suggest that the shear zones preserved in the Munsan area is mostly related to the development of the N-S trending map-scale folds that might be formed by flexural folding rather than the previously reported E-W trending crustal-scale extensional ductile shear zone by Permo-Triassic collision. These detailed examinations of the structures preserved in the Imjingang Belt can further contribute to solving the tectonic enigma of the Korean collisional orogen.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2005.05b
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• pp.399-403
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• 2005

이동상 하도에서 하천정비 및 안정하도 유지를 위해서는 하상변동 특성을 면밀히 파악하는 것이 중요하다. 본 연구에서 임진강을 대상으로 퇴적경향이 있는 하류구간에서의 하상층구조 조사를 포함하여 남한지역 전 구간에 걸쳐 하상재료를 직접 채취하여 입도분포를 조사하였다. 이를 토대로 하도형성을 지배하는 하도특성량 분석과 HEC-6에 의한 하상변동 예측을 통해 임진강 하강변동 특성을 파악하였다. 연구결과, 이동상 하도인 임진강에서 하상재료의 입도분포 및 하상 층구조 조사를 통하여 하상변동 특성을 파악할 수 있음을 확인하였다. 초평도를 경계로 상류(자갈하천)와 하류(모래/실트)간에 하도특성이 급변하는 경향을 확인하였다. 하도특성으로는 초평도 상류구간에서는 별다른 하상변동이 없는 반면, 감조하천구간인 장단반도 지구에서 실트/모래로 구성된 하상재료로 퇴적경향이 지속하고 있다는 사실을 확인할 수 있었다. 초평도를 전후로 하여 조석작용과 함께 지형/지질여건이 급변하는 특이성이 임진강의 하상변동에 결정적인 요소가 되고 있음을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 2003.09a
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• pp.442-446
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• 2003

연약지반으로 분류되는 조간대 퇴적층의 연구는 제한적인 시추자료에 의존하고 있다. 비파괴 지반조사 방법은 시추자료에서 획득할 수 없는 지층의 측방변화와 지질 이상대를 확인할 수 있는 대안이 될 수 있다. 지구물리탐사 방법은 현장 토질조사와 같이 직접적인 지반조사 방법과 병행할 경우 지반을 이해하는데 있어 한층 나은 결과를 얻을 수 있다. 부산신항 배후부지 조성지역에서 매질의 상이한 특성에 기초한 비파괴 지반조사 방법으로 이용되는 지구물리탐사를 실시하였다. 각 탐사의 결과는 서로 유사한 지층경계를 나타내며, 시추와 매립공사의 결과와도 일치한다. 또한 계측을 위해 매설된 침하판이나 매설관로의 탐지, 압밀차이에 의한 부등 침하의 측방변화 등과 같이 시추조사에서 인지하기 어려운 부분에 대한 정보를 제공하고 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.15-15
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• 2002

사면은 인공적 또는 자연적인 현상에 의하여 발생된 경사진 지반을 말하며, 그 안정성은 작용외력과 지반상태 및 지하수 등에 의하여 영향을 받는다. 사면의 파괴는 여러 가지 형태로 일어날 수 있으나 대체로 강성 활동 파괴체가 소성화된 국부적인 지반을 따라서 발생되고, 사면의 파괴형상은 경계조건과 지반상태가 단순할 경우에만 쉽게 예측할 수 있으며, 복잡한 지반상태에서는 많은 노력과 비용을 들여서 정밀하게 조사해야만 어느 정도 실제와 근사하게 예측할 수 있다. 자연 또는 인공사면에서 지질 및 지반상태, 지하수 상태, 사면의 형상, 사면의 규모, 외력의 작용상태 등의 조건을 분석하여 사면파괴를 일으킬 수 있는 원인들을 찾아내어 적합한 안정화대책을 마련하는 방안을 모색한다. 특히 사면을 성토사면, 절토사면, 암절사면, 대절토사면으로 구분하여 사면파괴 원인과 안정화대책에 대해서 심도 있게 검토한다. 사면의 설계 및 안정검토를 위하여 일반적으로 적용하고 있는 사면안정 검토 방법들에 대해서 이론전개 과정에서 발생되는 문제점들과 이들이 결과에 미치는 영향에 대해서 언급한다. 그리고 사면을 안정시키기 위하여 일상적으로 적용하는 대책공법들의 적용성을 사면파괴 원인과 연계해서 판정하는 방안을 검토한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Rock Mechanics Conference
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• 2003.03a
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• pp.121-134
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• 2003

본 연구대상은 $\bigcirc$$\bigcirc$우회도로 Sta.3＋300~600 구간에 형성된 높이 약 50m의 대절토 암반사면으로 대부분 절취가 완료된 상태에서, 1차로 사면 좌측부의 발파암과 풍화암의 경계부를 따라 인장균열이 소규모로 형성되면서 Slip 등 사면파괴활동이 시작되었으며, 2차로 활동높이 35m, 활동폭 40m, 활동깊이 약 l0m 규모로 붕괴되었고, 주변에도 인장균열의 발생이 확인되는 등 추가 붕괴의 징후가 있어 사면의 안정성을 검토하였다. Rock Cleavages가 발달한 천매암으로 구성된 파괴활동사면을 대상으로 지표지질조사, 추가시추조사, 전기비저항탐사, 시추공 영상촬영(BIPS)을 실시하여 사면붕괴의 원인과 추후에 예상되는 붕괴의 양상을 파악하고, 연구지역에 가장 적합한 보강대책을 수립하고자 하였다.