• Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.228-236
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• 2019

This study investigated the effect of the sediment phosphorus fraction sampled from the southern coast of Korea on the release characteristics of sediments by environmental changes of water quality. We conducted the release experiment in the laboratory for 20 days and measured the phosphorus fraction properties, the environmental factors of water quality, and the release rate of total phosphorus. The results showed a decrease in dissolved oxygen by the growth of microorganisms in the water layer, leading to the anaerobic condition in which the redox potential of the sediments decreased. As such, the decreasing variability of phosphates bonded to iron oxide in the sediment phosphorus was higher after 20 days of the release experiment than the first day. It means that the metal ions and the separated inorganic phosphorus transfer into the water when the iron oxide is reduced. The separated inorganic phosphorus is easily absorbed by the plankton. The analysis of total phosphorus in the water layer showed that it continuously increased to up to 0.304 mg/L for 20 days, and the release rate had a high correlation with the decrease of dissolved oxygen after 5 days of culture. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to the characteristics of iron bonded to phosphorus in the phosphorus fraction and dissolved oxygen to manage the eutrophication of the system.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.43 no.10
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• pp.883-891
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• 2010

More recently, there have been significant changes in the forms of channels due to runoff characteristics driven by climate changes and other alterations in basin/channel environments. Particularly, increasing local deposition in major channels is being observed nationwide. Of such phenomena, it is noteworthy that flood-plains show unidirectional growth and lowering of channels within compound channels in the form of a high-flow plain. These changes are supposed to affect management of the river ecology as well as flood control. In this study, the research on channels in Korea confirmed that the phenomenon of local deposition in those channels is actually taking place, rendering a problem to be urgently addressed. Previous studies on bed changes have been focused on low channels based on bed materials distributed over the channels. However, this research has proved that surface-layer deposition of a high-flow plain is closely related with changes in the conditions of ground surfaces and, ultimately, affects the bed of the entire channel as well. According to the intensive research on the condition of the high-flow plain of the mouth of the Han River, the silt deposited in the high-flow plain was the main cause of settlement/growth of vegetation. And this leads to landforming along with woods-forming, disturbing flood control as well as the normal river ecology.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.2 no.4
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• pp.223-230
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• 1990

Suspended materials during maritime construction works may cause surrounding environmental changes Therefore, it is important to know the behavior of the muddy water lumps caused by dropping soil in coastal areas. Two-dimensional behaviors of the muddy water moving along the inclined boundaries are investigated experimentally, which are the change of height, length, and moving velocity, the properties of movement at the head of muddy water, the coefficient of entrainment and shape, and the accumulation shape. The shape of the muddy water lumps was similar with the slope thermal. Therefore, the moving characteristics were found to be described using turbulence theory.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.287-287
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• 2017

강원도 산지로부터 발원하여 동해안으로 유입되는 산지하천의 경우 경사가 급하고 유로연장이 짧아 집중호우시 유사가 하류로 빠르게 이동하는 특징을 가지고 있다. 특히 동해안과 만나는 하천의 하구부에서는 하천유황과 흐름에 따라 침식과 퇴적을 반복하며 퇴적토사가 계절변화에 따라 증가하여 하구폐색현상이 발생하는 곳이 많다. 이러한 하구폐색현상은 하천 환경적으로 위험지역을 형성하여 하천생태계를 위협할 수 있고 하천유량의 원활한 소통에 방해요인으로 작용되어 재해발생 가능성을 증대시키기도 한다. 본 연구대상지역인 강원도 삼척시 가곡천은 동해안으로 유입되는 하천으로 하구부에는 경관가치가 뛰어난 솔섬이 위치하고 있으며, 모래사장으로 이루어진 해변으로 연결되어 있어 유량의 변화에 따라 주기적으로 하구폐색이 이루어지고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 하구폐색에 따른 하천형태학적 측면의 수리특성 파악을 위해 장기간 동안의 하천모니터링 작업과 수치모델링을 수행한 결과, 하구의 폐색현상이 하천에서 댐의 역할을 하여 기점수위를 증가시키고 일정수위이상 도달하였을 때 하구가 개방됨에 따라 수리특성이 급격히 변화하여 솔섬 지형에 영향을 미치는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 특히, 하구가 개방되었을 때의 방향에 따라 솔섬주변 지형에 대한 침퇴적 양상 및 수리특성이 크게 달라지는 것으로 분석되었다.

• Journal of the Korean earth science society
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• v.23 no.8
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• pp.722-735
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• 2002

In order to reveal sedimentary facies and geochemical characteristics on sediments distributed in upper intertidal zone, the southwestern coast of Korea, grain size and metal content analyses to the sediments were carried out. The grain size distribution of sediments shows very wide range from gravel to mud. The sediments are very well sorted to very poorly sorted and mostly positively skewed. Geochemical behavior of metals in the sediments is dependant on grain size, in part, but might be much controlled by complex submarine topography, highly varied tidal currents and surrounding land geology in the study area. Igeo (index of geoaccumulation) representing metal condensation in the sediments moderately/strongly polluted in Co and Cr and moderately polluted in Cu and Ni. But notable metal condensations are not found in the study area. So, it might be interpreted that grain size and metal content distribution tendencies in the sediments are considerably influenced by complex submarine topography, highly varied tidal currents and surrounding land geology.

• Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.71-81
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• 2015

This study was carried out in order to investigate the mineralogical characteristics of the core sediments (03GHP-02 and HB13-2), obtained from the Ulleung Basin and Hupo Basin, Korea. The results on mineral compositions, clay mineral compositions, and the total contents and sequential extraction of different fractions of the phosphorus in core samples showed that those values are different in two cores and also at different depths. In both samples, mineral compositions were the same, composed mainly of quartz, microcline, albite, calcite, opal A, pyrite, and clay minerals (illite, chlorite, kaolinite, and smectite). However, the sample from Hupo Basin contains more opal A. Both samples, especially the ones from Hupo Basin contains more smectite than those reported from East Sea, indicating the influence of paleo-Hwangwei River and the Tertiary Formation of Korea Peninsula. For the samples from Uleung Basin, at 0.7-3.5 m range in depth, the low content of opal A and the low illite crystallinity index can be inferred to indicate the relatively cool climate, corresponding to the ice age. Also, the content of total phosphorus was low in those samples. It was reported that East Sea at that time was isolated from the neighboring seas due to the decrease of the sea level, and as a result, the influx of sediments was supposed to be little through the strait and rivers. For the samples from Hupo Basin, there is no significant changes in clay mineral composition and the distribution of phosphorus with increasing depth. This little change can be interpreted to indicate that the sediments comprising the core might be deposited in a relatively short period of time or deposited in sedimentary environment in which there's no significant changes in sediment supplies. The values of crystallinity index of clay minerals are high in those samples, indicating that it was relatively warm during that time. Although the increase of fluctuation pattern can be observed, showing that the climate of this period often changed, it is supposed that it was generally warm.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.35 no.6
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• pp.753-762
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• 2002

In-stream vegetation is an essential element of a stream channel. Vegetation plays an important role in flood control and the natural environment in stream channels. This research investigates the relationship between in-stream vegetation and stream changes. This study investigates the distribution characteristic of vegetation in some rivers of Korea. Although there are many physical factors that cause changes to streams, this research verified that in-stream vegetation caused sediment deposition. A hydraulic model experiment was conducted. Tests were conducted in a simulated gravel bed stream (bed slope 1/200) with Phragmites japonica. The average diameter of the bed load used was 0.3 mm and 27 kg were uniformly supplied for 1 hour under same hydraulic conditions. The deposition and scouring as well as the change of flow differed according to the density and arrangement of the Phragmites japonica. In-stream vegetation and stream channel change are closely related because deposition and scouring affects the distribution of vegetation.

• 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.

• The Korean Journal of Quaternary Research
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.47-54
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• 1989

Pyrite ($FeS_2$) content in brackish and salt marsh sediments is relatively higher than the amount in freshwater marsh sediments. Different values of pyrite sulfur ($FeS_2$-S) content in sediments from the Hiroshima Delta indicate that poorly drained salt marsh had developed between 27.0m and 28.0m below mean sea-level and palaeo-sea-level was constant for several hundreds of years in the same depth during the early Holocene Epoch.

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 1992.10a
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• pp.87-94
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• 1992

근래 인공섬은 그 수가 많아지고 또 그 크기도 방대해지고 있다. 이 논문은 인공섬의 완성에 앞선 각과정에 대한 제반 문제점들에 대한 지반공학적 분석결과를 포함한다. 최근 인공섬 형성 과정에 사용하는 신공법에 개발되었다. 인공섬의 형성은 단일 공법에 의한 것이 아니고 여러가지 공법의 홍용의한다. 따라서 각 공법에 대한 완벽한 이해는 사업자체의 성공적인 완료와 경제성에 지대한 영향을 준다. 인공섬은 해성퇴적층에 위치하게 된다. 따라서 해성퇴적층의 형성과정, 환경, 퇴적 후의 변화 그리고 지반공학적인 자료가 채취되어야하고 분석되어야 한다. 해성퇴적층에 위치할 인공섬 완료에 필요한 조사, 설계 및 시공에서 반드시 고려되어야 할 과정이 실무자들이 이해하고 사용할수 있는 형식으로 제시되었다. 불완전한 자료, 또 그것에 근거한 설계 및 시공이 줄 수 있는 결과에 관해 기술했다.