• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2002년도 추계학술발표회
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• pp.287-290
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• 2002

To examine the denitrification process in an alluvial aquifer in the Cheonan site, hydrological and hydrogeochemical studies were carried out. Elevated levels of NO$_3$ (maximum 77.6 mg/L) were observed in shallow groundwaters of the area, as a result of poultry and agricultural activity. However, the nitrate concentrations were found to be consistently attenuated down to very low levels (<1.0 mg/L). The abrupt removal of nitrate coincided with the pattern of redox change and indicated that denitrification is the most plausible process. The hydrochemistry and mass balance approach using geochemical modeling (phreeqc 2.0) and redox chemistry indicated that chemo-autotrophic denitrification via pyrite oxidation is the key Process to control the nitrate attenuation in the study area.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제18권7호
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• pp.73-80
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• 2013

Fine suspended solids from coal mine drainage were treated in the treating plant, using two different pilot-scale inclined clarifiers: radial and lamella types. Suspended solids in the mine drainage were monitored along with other geochemical factors, and metal contents. Fe and Mn are the main chemical components in the drainage, which exist predominantly as total metal forms, whereas dissolved portion is negligible. The raw mine drainage is subject to physical and chemical treatment using $CaCO_3$ and NaOH, therefore the suspended solids are thought to be composed of Fe and Mn precipitates, possibly $Fe(OH)_3$, along with carbonate precipitates. The elemental composition of precipitates are confirmed by SEM-EDS analysis. As nearly all the dissolved ions were precipitated in the primary process by $CaCO_3$, no further aeration or prolonged oxygenation are of necessity in this plant. Adoption of inclined clarifier proved to be effective in treating fine suspended solids in the current plant. Successful application of the inclined clarifier will also be beneficial to improve the current treating process by excluding the current application of chemical agent in the first stage. The final effluents from the pilot plant meet the national standards and the low dissolved Fe and Mn contents are expected not to cause secondary precipitation after discharge.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 1999년도 정기총회 및 춘계 공동 학술발표회
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• pp.149-156
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• 1999

In the United States (U.S.), the monitored natural attenuation (MNA) approach has been used as an alternative remedial option for organic and inorganic compounds retained in soil and dissolved in groundwater. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines the MNA as“in-situ naturally-occurring processes include biodegradation, diffusion, dilution, sorption, volatilization, and/or chemical and biochemical stabilization of contaminants and reduce contaminant toxicity, mobility or volume to the levels that are protective of human health and the environment”. The Department of Soil Environment. National Institute Environmental Research (NIER) is in the process for demonstrating the MNA approach as a potential remedial option for the BTEX contaminated site in Uiwang City. The project is charactering the research site in terms of the nature and extend of contamination, biological degradation rate, and geochemical and hydrological properties. The microbial-degradation rate and effectiveness of nutrient and redox supplements will be determined through laboratory batch and column tests. The geochemical process will be monitored for determining the concentration changes of chemical species involved in the electron transfer processes that include methanogenesis, sulfate and iron reduction, denitrification, and aerobic respiration. Through field works, critical soil and hydrogeologic parameters will be acquired to simulate the effects of dispersion, advection, sorption, and biodegradation on the fate and transport of the dissolved-phase BTEX plume using Bioplume III model. The objectives of this multi-years research project are (1) to evaluate the MNA approach using the BTEX contaminated site in Uiwang City, (2) to establish a standard protocol for future application of the approach, (3) to investigate applicability of the passive approach as a secondary treatment remedy after active treatments. In this presentation, the overall picture and philosophy behind the MNA approach will be reviewed. Detailed discussions of the site characterization/monitoring plans and risk-based decision-making processes for the demonstration site will be included.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제55권6호
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• pp.737-760
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• 2022

고준위 방사성 폐기물(High-level radioactive waste; HLW)의 지질처분을 위해서는 심부 지하 환경에 대한 이해가 선행되어야 하며, 이는 지질학적, 수리지질학적, 지구화학적, 지질공학적 조사를 통해 가능하다. 우리나라는 HLW의 지질처분을 계획하고 있으나, 심부 지하 환경의 지구화학적 특성에 관한 연구가 부족한 편이다. 이에 본 논문에서는 지질처분 부지 선정을 위한 지구화학적 조사를 중심으로 선진국의 심부 지하수 연구 동향을 살펴봄으로써 앞으로 국내 수리지구화학 분야의 연구 과제를 도출하는데 참고하고자 하였다. 해외 8개 국가(미국, 캐나다, 핀란드, 스웨덴, 프랑스, 독일, 일본, 스위스)의 심부 지하 환경 조사 방법 및 결과와 함께 지질처분 부지 결정 과정과 향후 연구 계획을 살펴본 결과, 해외 선진국에서는 심부 지하 환경의 지구화학적 특성화를 위해 지하수 및 난대수층 내 간극수의 수화학과 동위원소(예: SO₄^2-의 ³⁴S, ¹⁸O, DIC의 ¹³C, ¹⁴C, H₂O의 ²H, ¹⁸O), 균열 충전광물(fracture-filling minerals), 유기물, 콜로이드, 산화-환원 지시자(예: Eh, Fe²⁺/Fe³⁺, H₂S/SO₄^2-, NH₄⁺/NO₃^-) 등을 조사하고 있으며, 이들 지구화학 자료의 통합 해석을 통해 해당 심부 환경이 지질처분에 적합한지를 평가하였다. 국내의 경우, 인공신경망을 이용한 Self-Organizing Map(자기조직화 지도), 다변량 통계 기반 M3 모델링(지하수 혼합 모델), 반응-경로 모델(reaction path model) 등을 이용하여 심부 지하수의 수화학적 유형 분류 및 진화 패턴 규명, 천부 지하수 혼합 영향, 균열 충전광물과 지하수화학 사이의 관계를 규명한 바 있다. 그러나 지질처분 부지를 선정하는데 있어 과학적 근거를 확보하기 위해 중요한 기타 지구화학 자료(예: 동위원소, 산화-환원 지시자, 용존유기물)가 매우 부족한 현실이며, 따라서 최적의 지질 처분지를 찾기 위해서는 지역별/유형별 심부 지하수에 대한 지구화학적 자료 구축이 요구된다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.599-612
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• 1995

Some REE ore deposits are located in the middle part the of Korean peninsula. Geotectonically, the REE ore deposits situated on the Kyemyeongsan Formation of northern margin of the Okcheon geosynclinal belt and in the transitional zone between Kyeonggi massif and the Okcheon belt, with a deep-seated fracture separating the two tectonic units. The Kyemyeongsan Formation are different in lithology and metamorphic grade from the Gyeonggi massif and the Okcheon super group. The sequence of Kyemyeongsan Formation is dominantly composed of acidic metavolcanic and volcaniclastic rocks associated with alkaline igneous rocks which are related to volcano-plutonism. The REE ore deposits contain mainly Ce-La, Ta-Nb, Y, Y-Nd and Nd-Th group minerals. More than 15 RE and REE minerals have been found in the deposits, such as allanite, fergusonite, thorite bestnaesite, euxenite, polyclase, monazite, columbite, (Nb)-rutile, okanoganite, sphene, zircon, illmenite and some other unknown minerals. According to the characteristics of the mineral association, the REE ore deposits may be divided into 4 ore types; Zircon-REE, allanite-REE, feldspar-REE and fluorite-REE type. The Sm-Nd isochron age of the REE ore is 330 Ma, and the Sm-Nd model age is 1.11 Ga with ${\varepsilon}_{Nd(t)}$ being - 2.9. This data suggest that the REE ore deposit was formed in the early Carboniferous, and the ore-forming material came from the mantle. The REE ores show distinct light REE enrichment with strong negative Eu anomaly. The REE patterns of schistose rocks from Kyemyeongsan Formation are similar to felsic volcanics from rifts or back arc basins in or near continental crust. The genesis of the REE ore deposit is quite complicated. Different geologic processes are displayed in the studied area; sedimentation, volcanic activity, metamorphism and hydrothermal replacement. Alkali granite has suffered extensive post-magmatic metasomatism of a high temperature to produce alkali metasomatites. Geochemical charateristics show that metasomatism of alkaline fluid was probably the dominant ore-forming process in Chungju district.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.485-498
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• 1998

The water-rock interaction and anthropogenic contamination affecting to geochemical composition of shallow and deep groundwaters were investigated in the agricultural area of Myunggok-ri, Kongju. The shallow groundwater is classified into the chemical types of $Ca-HCO_3$ and $Ca-Cl(SO_4)$ and shows weak acid having an average pH 6.2. Deep groundwater shows the uncontaminated composition of the chemical types of $Na-HCO_3$ and Na $(Ca)-HCO_3$ with pH of 8.4~8.8. The grouping approach of chemical data of waters shows the distinguished trend between water composition influenced anthrophogenic input and water composition mainly determined by natural process such as water-rock interaction. The main anthropogenic inputs affecting chemical composition of shallow groundwater are the contaminants such as $K^+$, $NO_3{^-}$, $Cl^-$ having average values of 4.4 mg/l, 22 mg/l, 13.7 mg/l, respectively. The contaminants were probably derived from fertilizer, sweage, septic tank, and stable, etc. The hydrogen and oxygen isotopic compositions indicate that five deep groundwaters were recharged from different altitudes, and that shallow and deep groundwaters were originated from meteoric water. Tritium contents of waters suggest that deep groundwater was recharged before or just after 1950s, and that shallow groundwater is much younger than deep groundwater. The results of this study may serve as a basic data for the future study of shallow groundwater as a drinking water in agricultural area, in Korea.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.375-387
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• 2007

국보 제11호 익산미륵사지석탑은 현재 문화유산의 원형보존을 위하여 해체복원 중이다. 이 석탑의 구성암석은 비교적 풍화에 강한 화강암으로 이루어져 있으나 오랜 세월 동안 대기환경에 노출되면서 다양한 형태의 오염물이 피복되어 원암의 색상을 잃었다. 이 연구에서는 이차적 무기오염물을 성인적 유형으로 세분하고, 육안으로 확연히 판별되는 산화 변색된 부재만을 엄선하여 오염물질의 산출상태 및 오염종을 정량분석 하였다. 또한 용해실험을 통해 가용성 오염종의 지구화학적 거동특성을 규명하고 세정방법 및 효과 등을 분석하여, 표면 세정제의 보존과학적 적용가능성을 검토하였다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.35-47
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• 1984

Combined mineralogical and geochemical studies were made on two hundred eighty one representative samples from uraniferous coaly meta-pelites of the Ogcheon metamorphic terrain. Different mineral occurrence of the areas investigated should be taken into account for chemical processes for uranium extraction. Secondary uranium minerals identified are metauranocircite, metatorbernite and autunite. These are disseminated mostly on the laumontites which infused and filled secondary openings in the coaly matrix, and are often closely associated with iron oxides. The uranium distribution show distinctly log normal. Geochemical correlation coefficient of uranium and organic carbon displays +0.624~+0.796. The relationship of the major components to uranium can be expressed by the following regression equation: Log $(U_3O_8{\times}10^4)$=1.40117-0.00076 (quartz) -0.00118 (muscovite) +0.00235 (biotite) +0.00323 (other silicates) - 0.01114 (apatite) +0.01124 (hematite) +0.00149 (limonite) -0.01823 (opaques)+0.03049 (organic carbon). Uranium in the coaly meta-pelites of the Ogcheon Group was deposited together under same physico-chemical environmental conditions. There is a considerable variation in the ${\delta}^{34}S$ values (11.2~16.8 per mil) of the pyrites from the U-bearing meta-pelites, which implies sedimentary origin. The two U-bearing coaly rocks analyzed have ${\delta}^{13}C$ values between -16.88~-18.00 per mil, which suggests organic.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.337-347
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• 1993

Mineralogical and geochemical studies on some pyrophyllite deposits in Milyang area, Kyeongnam Province (Milyang and Sungjin mine) were carried out in order to investigate dispersion patterns of chemical elements in altered volcanic wallrocks, and to interpret genetic environments of the pyrophyllite deposits. Cretaceous andesitic and tuffaceous rocks, and pyrophyllite ore specimens were collected from the dumps and drilling cores. Andesitic wallrocks were grouped as unaltered and altered rocks in the order of pyrophyllitization. Vertical dispersion patterns and relative mobilities of chemical elements in volcanic wallrocks were discussed. Geochemical environment in the Milyang area is characterized by the occurrence of boron minerals such as dumortierite coexisting with pyrophyllite ores, and tourmaline in granitic rocks. Unaltered andesitic rocks are mainly composed of plagioclase, pyroxene and hornblende, and were propylitized and saussuritized. Altered andesitic rocks are bleached and consist of quartz, sericite, pyrophyllite, kaolinite, chlorite and disseminated pyrite. Pyrophyllite ores are mainly composed of quartz, pyrophyllite, dumortierite, dissemianted pyrite and some diaspore. Enrichment of $SiO_2$, $Al_2O_3$, LOI (loss on ignition), As and Cr, and depletion of $K_2O$, $Na_2O$, CaO, MgO and total Fe are characteristic during alteration process. The REE patterns show that the pyrophyllite deposits could be originated from the continental margin volcanics. The $(La/Lu)_{cn}$ ratios of the pyrophyllite ores increase from 4.2~23.2 to 2.67~128.8 owing to strong acidic hydrothermal alteration. Vertical dispersion patterns of $Al_2O_3$, $K_2O$, $Na_2O$, CaO, MgO, $Fe_2O_3$ (total Fe), As, Au, Sb, Cr and Sr in the wallrocks show the location of orebodies. Particularly dispersion patterns of $Al_2O_3$ and Cr indicate the extension of orebodies. Anomalous distribution of Au, As and Sb in wallrocks shows potential for gold occurrence below the pyrophyllite deposits. Judging from the relative mobilities of elements in wallrocks, $Al_2O_3$ could be added from hydrothermal solution, and the silicified rone be formed from the excess of $SiO_2$.

• 암석학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.53-69
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• 2000

춘천 연옥 광상의 기원을 연구하기 위하여 광상 및 주변 암석들에 대하여 방사기원 동위원소인 Sr과 Pb 동위원소, 안정 동위원소인 산소와 수소 동위원소, 희토류원소 등의 조성을 분석하였으며, 이러한 여러 지구화학적인 자료들을 종합하여 광화작용의 각 단계별 변화과정을 추적하였다. 연옥광상의 광화대 각 사료들은 모두 모암인 대리암에 비해 상당히 낮은 산소 동위원소 값을 가지며, 이는 광화작용의 모든 단계에서 낮은 {{{{ delta ^18 OMICRON }} 값을 갖는 지각내 순환수가 매우 중요한 역할을 하였음을 반영한다. 춘천 연옥 광상의 광화작용이 진행되어 대리암으로부터 조립질 성회규산염대, 전기 연옥대, 세립질 석회규산염대가 순차적으로 만들어지면서 {{{{ delta ^18 OMICRON }} 값이 지속적인 감소를 보인다. 광화작용으로 새로 만들어진 광물들은 기존 광물들과 산소 동위원소 불평형 관계를 보이며 이는 순환수 기원의 광화유체가 각 단계에서 상당한 물-암석 비율로 관여하였음을 지시한다. 한편 광상 시료들의 Sr 및 Pb 동위원소 값은 광상이 놓여있는 경기 변성암 복합체와 유사한 값을 가지며 이러한 현상 역시 지각내의 순환수가 광상형성에 중요한 역할을 하였음을 시사한다. 검토한 지구화학적 지표들은 종합하면 춘천연옥 광상의 형성에 관여한 광화용액의 대부분은 궁극적으로는 강수기원의 지표 순환수에서 유래하였으며 광상 주변의 암석으로부터 용출시킨 Sr과 Pb를 광화대에 공급한 것으로 판단된다.