• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.635-646
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• 2004

Chronic outbreaks of green tide in the Nakdong estuary toll a heavy socioeconomic cost. The paper investigates the influence of sediments on the nitrogen eutrophication, being claimed as the primary cause of green tide. To measure the flux of nitrate at the sediments-water interface, sediment cores were taken in Jan., Mar., May and Sep., 2000 at Noksan located in the West-Nakdong river estuary. The dissolved oxygen was profiled and then the pore water was extracted in situ. Core samples were analyzed for their textural characteristics. Cores were incubated by a novel technique to measure the fluxes of nitrate $(NO_3^-)$ and ammonia $(NH_4^+)$ at the sediment-water interface. The dissolved oxygen was depleted usually within several millimeters in the top sediments. Nitrate started to decrease drastically at the layer where dissolved oxygen was nearly depleted. Nitrate was also exhausted within several centimeters, followed by ammonia build up rapidly. The flux at the sediments-water interface calculated from the pore water concentrations revealed that nitrate was removed from the water column into the sediments. The sediment incubation experiment confirmed the above result. On the other hand ammonia were released from the sediment to the water column. As the incubation went on, however, the nitrate concentration in the overlying water was dropped below that of a top sediment. Then the flux is reversed, i.e., nitrate was released from the sediments to the water column. The implication is that the sediment can supply nitrate to the water column if it falls below a certain level. Thus it is likely that sediments in the eutrophicated river buffers the nitrate concentration in the water column, which leads to a prolonged green tide.

• 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.26-33
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• 1999

오염된 지역의 연안 퇴적물은 PCB 등 소수성 오염 물질을 흡착하고 있으며, 준설과 같은 환경 정화사업을 할 때, 재부유되어 오염되지 않은 인근 수역으로 이동될 수 있다. 이러한 환경 영향의 평가를 위해 저자는 앞서 침강, 연직확산, 응집에 의해 입자크기 분포가 변화하는 것을 모사할 수 있는 수학적 모델을 개발 제시한 바 있다. 본 연구에서는 이 모델을 이용하여, 연안환경을 실험적으로 재현한 높이 2 m의 settling column으로부터 측정된 입자크기분포 자료를 이용하여 시뮬레이션하며 분석한 결과를 제시하였다. 분석결과, 모델은 퇴적물 입자가 column 내에서 연직이동을 하며 입자 분포가 시간적으로 또 수심별로 변화하는 것을 상당히 잘 예측하는 것으로 나타났으며 재부유된 퇴적물 입자는 연직이동과 함께 응집이 되고 있는 것으로 분석되었다. 따라서 본 연구는 크기가 다양한 오염된 퇴적물이 응집에 의해 입자크기분포가 변화하며 연직 이동되는 매우 복잡한 현상에 대해 유효하게 컴퓨터 모사할 수 있음을 보였다.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.42-48
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• 2005

The sediment of Shihwa Lake contains an abundant quantity of cohesive sediments. The transport processes of the cohesive sediments are complex and difficult to predict, quantitatively. The cohesive sediments are the primary reason for the pollution of the environment and water quality in the coastal region. In this study, a column test has been performed. In order to quantify the settling velocities of sediment from Shihwa Lake, an experiment was conducted using a specially designed 1.8m tall settling column. A series of settling tests and physico-chemical property tests on Shihwa Lake cohesive sediments has been conducted to investigate the correlation between settling properties and their physico-chemical properties, which are represented as grain size distribution, mineralogical composition, and percentage oj organic contents. Experimental results of physico-chemical property tests show that Shihwa Lake sediments are relatively large in average grain $size(74\mu m)$ contain very small organic $material(6\%)$, and are dominantly composed of Quarts, which has relatively low cohesion. Thus, Shihwa Lake sediments might be specified as those whose settling properties are more influenced by gravity than cohesion. It is concluded that the magnitude of settling velocities of muddy sediments can be quite different, regionally, and it implies that field or laboratory experiments for settling velocity measurement should be preceded over the numerical modeling of muddy sediment transport, in order to obtain the reliable prediction results for a given specific site.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.257-266
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• 2008

PAHs는 인간활동에 의한 화석연료 이용으로 해양환경 중에 넓게 분포되어 있다. 환경 중 다양한 경로를 통해 해양으로 유입된 PAHs는 잠재적으로 해양 수서환경 생물에 대해서 발암성과 돌연변이를 일으키고 있다. 광양만은 여수화학공단, 광양제철소, 콘테이너부두가 위치해 있고 도시화가 진행되어 PAHs의 오염이 예상되는 해역이다. 본 연구는 광양만의 주상퇴적물에서 PAHs의 오염에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. 주상퇴적물은 1999년 7월에 4개 정점(A, B, C와 D)에서 채집하여 soxhlet extractor로 추출하고 GC-MS를 이용하여 PAHs 13종을 검출하였다. 주상퇴적물에서 13종 PAHs 화합물 모두가 검출되었으며, Total PAHs는 275.04${\sim}$2,838.6464(평균 406.43)${\mu}g/kg$ dry wt.의 범위로 검출되었고 분석한 PAHs 화합물 중 Naphthalene이 40.60${\sim}$2294.06${\mu}g/kg$ dry wt.로서 거의 모든 시료에서 가장 높게, Anthracene이 2.63${\sim}$11.30${\mu}g/kg$ dry wt.로서 가장 낮게 나타났다. Total PAHs와 PAHs 화합물의 상관관계는 Naphthalene, Acenaphthylene, Phenanthrene과 같은 저분자량 물질에서 상대적으로 높은 상관관계를 나타내었다. P/A(Phenanthrene/Anthracene)비와 F/P(Fluoranthene/Pyrene)비에 의한 기원의 형태는 연소기원과 유류오염기원의 복합적인 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다. 광양만 주상퇴적물에서의 TotaI PAHs 농도는 생물학적 영향에 대한 기준(Biological effect guidelines)인 ER-L(Effect Range-Low), ER-M(Effect Range-Middle) 및 OAET(Overall Apparent Effect Thresholds)보다 적은 값을 보였다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.593-600
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• 1999

In order to determine the changes of sediment facies and metal levels in surface sediments after the construction of Shiwha Lake, surface sediments were sampled at 8 sites located on the main channel monthly from June, 1995 to August, 1996 and analysed for 12 metals (Al, Fe, Mn, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, As and Pb) by ICP/AES and ICP/MS. Two groups of sampling sites(the inner lake with 3 sites and the outer lake with 5 sites) are subdivided by the surface morphology ; the inner lake is a shallow channel area with a gentle slope, while the outer lake is relatively deep and wide channel with a steep slope which has many small distributaries. After the construction of dam, fine terrestrial materials were deposited near the outer lake, which resulted in the change of major sediment facies from sandy silt to mud. With the deposition of fine sediments in the outer lake, anoxic water column induced the formation of sulfide compounds with Cu, Cd, Zn and part of Pb. Metal (Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn and Cd) contents in sediments increased up to twice within 2 years after the construction of dam. This is due to the direct input of industrial and municipal wastes into the lake and the accumulation of metals within the lake. In addition, frequent resuspension of contaminated sediments in a shallow part of the lake may make metal-enriched materials transport near the outer lake with fine terrestrial materials. As the enrichment of Cu, Zn, Cd and part of Pb in the Shiwha Lake may be related to the formation of unstable sulfide compounds by sulfate reduction in anoxic water or sediment column, the effect of mixing with open coastal seawater is discussed.

• 한국해안해양공학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.179-188
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• 2006

본 연구의 목적은 시화호 점착성 퇴적물의 침강 및 침식특성을 정량적으로 분석하는 것이다. 침강특성은 특수 제작된 1.8 m의 침강수주를 이용하여 multi-depth 부유사 농도 채취방법으로 수행하였고, 침식특성은 전북대 환형수조를 이용하여 각기 다른 밀도를 갖는 균일저면 조건하에서 수행하였다. 침강실험의 결과로서, 시화호 점착성 퇴적물은 부유사 농도값이 0.1$0.002의 침강속도 값을 갖는 것으로 확인되었다. 또한, 침식실험의 결과로서 저면밀도를 $1.14{\sim}1.32g/cm^{3}$로 변화 시켰을때, 침식한계전단응력은 $0.19{\sim}0.55N/m^{2}$으로 증가하였으며, 침식률계수는 $18.4{\sim}3.9mg/cm^{2}{\cdot}hr$의 범위로 감소하였다.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.120-129
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• 2012

낙동강 하구에 위치한 갯벌 퇴적물에서 2005년 7월부터 2006년 9월까지 퇴적물-수층을 통한 산소와 용존 무기질소 플럭스, 그리고 탈질소화율을 계절별로 조사하였다. 현장 조건 수온에서 퇴적물 배양을 통해 측정된 산소 플럭스의 범위는 $-37.0{\sim}0.5mmol\;O_2\;m^{-2}\;d^{-1}$이었고, 수온이 증가할수록 퇴적물에 의한 산소소모가 많아져, 수층에서 퇴적물로의 산소 플럭스가 증가하였다. 탈질소화율은 $4{\sim}2732{\mu}mol\;N\;m^{-2}\;d^{-1}$의 범위로 같은 방법으로 측정한 국내 연안의 결과보다 높은 값을 나타냈고 산소 플럭스와 유사한 계절변화를 보였다. 질소동위원소를 이용하여 측정된 탈질 소화율은 수층에서 퇴적물로 유입되는 질산염 플럭스와 높은 상관관계를 보였다. Isotope pairing technique에서 계산되는, 총 탈질소화 중 "수층에서 유입된 질산염을 이용하는 탈질소화($D_w$)"도 수층에서 유입되는 질산염 플럭스와 양의 상관 관계를 보여 수층에서 유입되는 질산염이 탈질소화의 계절변동의 원인임을 시사하였다. 여름철에 질산염농도가 높은 담수의 유입 증가가 낙동강 하구 퇴적물로의 질산염 유입과 탈질소화를 촉진시킨 것으로 추정된다. 낙동강 하구 퇴적물에서 생지화학적 과정의 일반적인 패턴 및 경향을 파악하기 위하여, 이 연구에서 측정된 여러 생지화학적 플럭스를 방향과 크기에 따라 분류하여 보았다. 그 결과, 수온과 질산염 유입 변화에 따라서 여름철에는 수층에서 퇴적물로의 산소와 질산염 플럭스가 높게 나타나고 탈질소화도 높은 반면, 여름철을 제외한 나머지 시기에는 이들 플럭스가 낮아, 갯벌 퇴적물의 생지화학적 과정이 낙동강 담수 유입에 민감하게 반응함을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.9-18
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• 2001

Chemical speciation of five heavy metals (Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn) has been analyzed from 37 surface and 2 core sediments of Kyeonggi Bay, using the modified sequential extraction method based on Tessier et at. (1979). The results show that heavy metals in the Kyeonggi Bay surface sediments are associated dominantly with the crystal lattice fraction. But in the polluted sediments of the Incheon North Harbor, the importance of the labile fractions increased while that of the lattice fraction decreased. In particular, the adsorbed and the easily reducible fractions showed a noticeable increase. In the core samples emerged a speciation pattern which differed significantly from that of the surface sediments. A sharp increase in the percentage of the reducible and organic/sulfide fractions and a decrease in the lattice fraction were observed. Throughout the vertical column, however, the metal contents in the lattice fraction showed stability while those of the labile fractions showed an upward increase. The strong association of heavy metals with the organic/sulfide fraction could be attributed in part to the sulfate reduction prevailing in the polluted harbor sediments.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.165-172
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• 2010

Treated sewage could enable growth by providing key nutrients or seeding the sediments with enterococci strains that can grow in the environment. This study is to test the hypothesis that the flux of bacteria into the water column is rate-limited by the transfer of bacteria across the sediment/water interface. Two conceptual models are derived for the transfer of bacteria to the water column from the sediment/water interface: convective diffusion of isolated bacteria and resuspension of particle-associated bacteria. The model predictions are directly tested together with field measurements of bacteria and sediment in an effluent-dominated stream where high concentrations of enterococci in this stream originate primarily from growth of the bacteria in stream sediments. The results reveal that high concentrations of enterococci in this stream are transported primarily by resuspension of particle-associated bacteria accumulated at the sediment/water interface, either in the form of bacterial aggregates or in the form of inorganic particles.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.447-457
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• 2003

In order to understand the distribution of changes of geochemical characteristics in surface sediments according to various environmental changes around the artificial Lake Shihwa, surface sediments were sampled at $13{\sim}15$ sites form 1997 to 1999 and analyzed by C/S analyzer, ICP/MS and AAS. The average $S/C_{org}$ ratio was 0.35 in the surface sediments, which is similar to 0.36, the characteristic ratio of marine sediments. Heavy metal contents and enrichment factors in the surface sediments tended to be decreasing from the head to the mouth of the Lake Shihwa. With the deposition of fine-grained sediments in the central part of lake, anoxic water column induced the sulfides compounds with Cu, Cd and Zn. Metals such as Al, Fe, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn and Cd except for Mn and Pb showed relatively high correlation coefficients among them. The contents of Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn and Cd in the surface sediments of the lake were two to five times higher than those in the lake before dike construction and also in outer part of the dike. These are mainly due to the Input of untreated industrial and municipal waste-waters into the lake, and the accumulation of heavy metals by limitation of physical mixing. Although metal contents of the surface sediments at the sites near the water-gate due to outer seawater inflow tended to be lower than those during the desalination, heavy metals were deposited in areas around the new industrial complex in the evidence of spatial distribution of heavy metals in the sediments. This is mainly due to the input of untreated waste-waters from tributaries.