• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.542-554
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• 2015

Grain size, the content of ignition loss (IL), and the concentrations of chemical oxygen demand (COD), acid volatile sulfide (AVS), and trace metals (Fe, Mn, Cu, Pb, Zn, Cd, Cr, As, and Hg) in surface sediments from the Taehwa River estuary, Ulsan, were measured to evaluate pollution levels and potential ecological risks of organic matter and trace metals in estuarine sediment. The mean grain size (Mz) of sediments in the study region ranged from $-0.8-7.7{\varphi}$ (mean $2.8{\pm}2.4{\varphi}$). Surface sediments in the upstream region of the Taehwa River were mainly composed of coarse sediments compared to the downstream region. The concentrations of IL, COD, AVS and trace metals in the sediment were much higher at downstream sites of Myeongchon Bridge in the vicinity of industrial complexes than at upstream sites of those in the vicinity of the residential areas due to the anthropogenic input of organic matter and trace metals by industrial activities. On the basis of several geochemical assessment techniques [sediment quality guidelines (SQGs), enrichment factor (EF), geoaccumulation index ($I_{geo}$), pollution load index (PLI) and ecological risk index (ERI)], the surfaces sediments in the study region are not highly polluted for trace metals, except for As. However, the higher concentrations in downstream study regions of the Taehwa River could impact benthic organisms including shellfish (i.e. Manila clam) in sediments.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2004년도 Proceedings of ISRS 2004
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• pp.140-143
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• 2004

The west coast of the Korean Peninsula is famous for its large tidal range (up to 9 m) and vast tidal flats. With comparison the sedimentary environments of open and close tidal flat using remote sensing, we select Kanghwa tidal flat and Hwang-Do tidal flat in Cheonsu Bay. Prior to surface sediment discrimination using remote sensing, sedimentary environments including intertidal OEM, hydraulic condition, and relationship between grain size and various tidal condition are investigated. Remote sensing has the potential to provide synoptic information of intertidal environments. The objectives of this study are: (i) to generate an intertidal digital elevation model (OEM) using the waterline method of Lansat TM/ETM+, (ii) to investigate the tidal channel distribution using texture analysis, and (iii) to analyze the relationship between surface grain size by using in-situ data and intertidal OEM and tidal channel density by using high-resolution satellite data such as IKONOS and Kompsat EOC. The results demonstrate that satellite remote sensing is an efficient and effective tool for a surface sediment discrimination and long term morphologic change estimation in tidal flats.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.475-484
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• 2006

In order to reveal the vertical variation of physical properties in deep-sea sediments, deep-sea sediment cores were collected at 78 stations using a multiple corer in the KR5 area, one of the Korea contract areas for manganese nodule exploration, located in the northeast equatorial Pacific. Based on the color of sediments, sampled sediment cores were characterized into three lithologic units (unit 1,2, and 3). In all sediment cores, three units appear systematically; unit 1 lies at the top of cores and unit 2 and/or unit 3 appear to underlie unit 1 or alternate with unit 3. Unit 1 layer from the top of cores shows dark grayish brown to dark brown with mean thickness of 10.2cm. Unit 2 and 3 layers show very dark brown to black color and yellowish brown to brown color, respectively. According to the physical properties of the deep-sea sediment cores, sediment column can be divided into three sections. Section A $(0{\sim}15cm)$ in subbottom depth consists mostly of unit 1. Mean values of physical properties of section B $(15{\sim}30cm)$ in subbottom depth are similar to those of section C (>30 cm) in subbottom depth. However, the physical properties of section B were more variable than those of section C because of the high activity of bioturbation in section B. These results will provide valuable information for selecting suitable sites for mining manganese nodules in the Korea contract areas.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제47권6호
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• pp.1014-1025
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• 2014

We measured the concentrations of various geochemical parameters [grain size, ignition loss (IL), chemical oxygen demand (COD), acid volatile sulfide (AVS), and trace metals (Fe, Cu, Cd, Pb, Cr, Mn, As, Zn, and Hg)] in the surface sediments of two intertidal oyster Crassostrea gigas farming areas (Iwon and Mongsan tidal flats) on the Taean Peninsula, Korea, to evaluate the pollution level of organic matter and trace metals in sediment. The intertidal sediments in the study region comprise mostly sand with a mean grain size of 2.5-3.5 Ø. The concentrations of IL, COD, AVS, and trace metals in the sediment of two study regions were either similar or lower in oyster farming areas relative to non-farming areas, apparently due to biological uptake or physical and biological sediment reworking. Based on the results for the pollution evaluation of organic matter and trace metals derived from sediment quality guidelines, enrichment factor, and geoaccumulation index, our results suggest that the sediment in these two intertidal oyster farming regions is not polluted by organic matter and trace metals.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.299-307
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• 2010

In conjunction with geochemical characteristics, rate of sulfate reduction was investigated at two sediment sites in the continental slope and rise (basin) of the Ulleung Basin in the East Sea. Geochemical sediment analysis revealed that the surface sediments of the basin site (D2) were enriched with manganese oxides (348 ${\mu}mol$ $cm^{-3}$) and iron oxides (133 ${\mu}mol$ $cm^{-3}$), whereas total reduced sulfur (TRS) in the solid phase was nearly depleted. Sulfate reduction rates (SRRs) ranged from 20.96 to 92.87 nmol $cm^{-3}$ $d^{-1}$ at the slope site (M1) and from 0.65 to 22.32 nmol $cm^{-3}$ $d^{-1}$ at the basin site (D2). Depth integrated SRR within the top 10 cm depth of the slope site (M1; 5.25 mmol $m^{-2}$ $d^{-1}$) was approximately 6 times higher than that at the basin site (D2; 0.94 mmol $m^{-2}$ $d^{-1}$) despite high organic content (>2.0% dry wt.) in the sediment of both sites. The results indicate that the spatial variations of sulfate reduction are affected by the distribution of manganese oxide and iron oxide-enriched surface sediment of the Ulleung Basin.

• 해양환경안전학회:학술대회논문집
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• 해양환경안전학회 2008년도 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.133-136
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• 2008

광양만 해양수질 및 저질의 계절적 변동에 관한 조사를 위해 2007년 2월부터 2007년 10월까지 광양만의 21개 정점을 선정하여 계절별로 관측하였다. 용존산소(DO)는 표층에서 $6.03\sim10.98mg/L$와 저층에서 $4.43\sim10.77mg/L$, 화학적산소요구량은(COD)표층에서 $0.12\sim3.16mg/L$와 저층에서$0.20\sim2.64mg/L$, 용존무기질소(DIN)는 표층에서 $0.23\sim18.28{\mu}g$-at/L와 저층에서 $0.33\sim9.56{\mu}g$-at/L, 용존무기인(DP)은 표층에서 $0\sim1.47{\mu}g$-at/L와 저층에서 $0\sim4.56{\mu}g$-at/L 농도를 보였다. 퇴적물에서의 강열감량은(IL)은 $2.86\sim21.17%$, 산 휘발성황화물은(AVS)은 $0\sim6.11mg/g$-dry 그리고 화학적 산소요구량(COD)은 $2.64\sim23.23mg/g$-dry 의 농도분포를 보였다.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2004년도 학술발표회
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• pp.557-562
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• 2004

A surface-piercing barrier model is presented for understanding morphological development in the sheltered region and investigating the main factors causing the severe accumulation. Surface-piercing structures like vertical barriers, surface docks and floating breakwaters are recently favored from the point of view of a marine scenario since they do not in general partition the natural sea. The numerical solutions are compared with experimental data on wave profiles and morphological change rates within a rectangular harbor of a constant depth protected by surface-piercing thin breakwaters as a simplified problem. Our numerical study involves several modules: 1) wave dynamics analyzed by a plane-wave approximation, 2) suspended sediment transport combined with sediment erosion-deposition model, and 3) concurrent morphological changes. Scattering waves are solved by using a plane wave method without inclusion of evanescent modes. Evanescent modes are only considered in predicting the reflection ratio against the vertical barrier and energy losses due to vortex shedding from the lower edge of plate are taken into account. A new relationship to relate the near-bed concentration to the depth-mean concentration is presented by analyzing the vertical structure of concentration. The numerical solutions were also compared with experimental data on morphological changes within a rectangular harbor of constant water depth. Through the numerical experiments, the vortex-induced flow appears to be not ignorable in predicting the morphological changes although the immersion depth of a plate is not deep.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제39권spc1호
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• pp.223-230
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• 2006

We investigated the spring and summer community structure of meiobenthos in a tidal-falt near Iwon, Korea, in 2002 and 2003. In total, 12 meiofaunal groups were found in the study area among which nematodes were the most dominant. Benthic foraminiferans, harpacticoid copepods, polychaetes, and crustacean nauplli were also dominant groups at all sites. The total density of meiobenthos at each station was be 246-2,177 ind./$10cm^2$. As the depth of sediment increased, the density of meiobenthos at each station gradually decreased. Changes in the vertical distribution of meiobenthos in the study area occurred mainly near the sediment surface (0-1 cm). Generally, between spring and summer the density of nematodes increased, and the density of other dominant meiofaunal groups (benthic harpacticoids, crustacean nauplii, benthic foraminiferans) decreased near the sediment trap the control site of sediment traps compared to that at the control site. The results of cluster and multidimensional scaling plots indicate that the meiofaunal community changed following construction of a low artificial wood groin structure.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제34권8호
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• pp.1203-1211
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• 2010

당항만 해역의 지질 및 퇴적물 특성을 조사하기 위하여 지표지질조사, SBP 탐사, 표층 퇴적물 분석 등을 수행하였다. 당항만 지역은 사면이 육지로 둘러싸인 폐쇄성 연안으로 표층은 주로 점토나 모래질 점토로 피복되어 있으며, 표층 퇴적물의 퇴적상은 상부의 Mm 퇴적상과 하부의 Mms 퇴적상로 구분된다. SBP 탐사 자료에 의하면 당항만의 퇴적층 내에는 가스 함유층이 폭넓게 분포하고 있는 것으로 판단되며, 이로 인해 음향 기반암의 확인이 어렵고 도처에서 gas seep이 나타나는 것으로 보인다. 퇴적층내에 함유되어 있는 가스는 퇴적물의 높은 유기물 함량과 밀접한 연관이 있는 것으로 보이며, 두꺼운 점토층이 가스의 방출을 억제하고 있는 것으로 보인다.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.67-83
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• 2012

양식활동이 활발한 반폐쇄적인 내만에서 퇴적물의 지화학적 특성을 파악하기 위하여 2010년 4월 가막만 전역의 19개 정점에서 표층 퇴적물을 채취하여 퇴적물 중의 금속(V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ag, Cd, Hg, Pb, As), 비금속(P, Se) 및 악티늄족 중 U원소의 분포특성을 파악하였다. 또한, 퇴적물기준 및 농축계수를 이용하여 금속원소의 오염도를 평가하였다. V, Cr, Fe, Co 및 Ni 등은 석영희석 효과, Cd 및 U은 유기물 희석효과, Mn, Ag, As 및 Se는 만의 북부 및 남부해역 정점들에서 표층퇴적물의 강한 환원환경경하에서 이산화망간 및 황산염이 유기물 분해의 산화제로 이용되면서 화학적 재분배에 의해 농도분포가 결정되어지는 것으로 보여진다. 미국 퇴적물 오염 기준(SQGs)에 의한 오염평가는 As의 경우 만의 중앙부를 제외한 대부분의 정점, Ni은 전 조사정점에서 ERL을 초과하였다. 농축계수(EF)를 이용한 평가는 Ni, Ag, Cd 및 As가 평균 EF가 1을 약간 초과하는 단계를 보였으며, 이외의 성분은 1과 유사하거나 혹은 그 이하 양호한 수준을 나타내었다.