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Seasonal Variations of Settling Particles and Metal Fluxes at a Nearshore Site of Marian Cove, King George Island, Antarctica (남극 킹조지섬 마리안소만에서 침강 입자와 금속 플럭스의 계절 변화)

  • Shim, Jeong-Hee;Kang, Young-Chul;Han, Myung-Woo;Kim, Dong-Seon;Chung, Ho-Sung;Lee, Sang-Hoon
    • Ocean and Polar Research
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.123-134
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    • 2002
  • Seasonal variations of settling particles and metal fluxes were monitored at a nearshore site of Marian Cove, King Geroge Island, Antarctica from 28th February 1998 to 22nd January 2000. Near-bottom sediment traps were deployed at 30m water depth of the cove, and sampling bottles were recovered every month by SCUBA divers. Total particulate flux and metal concentrations were determined from the samples. Total particulate flux showed a distinct seasonality, high in austral summer and low in austral winter: the highest flux $(21.97g\;m^{-2}d^{-1})$ was found in February of 1999, and the lowest $(2.47g\;m^{-2}d^{-1})$ in September of 1998, when sea surface was frozen completely. Lithogenic particle flux accounted for 90% of the total flux, and showed a significantly negative correlation with the thickness of snow accumulation around the study site. It was suggested that the most of the lithogenic particles trapped in the bottles was transported by melt water stream from the surrounding land. Fluxes of Al, Fe, Ti, Mn, Zn, Cii, Co, Ni, Cr, Cd, and Pb showed similar seasonal variations with the total flux, and their averaged fluxes were 34000, 9000,960, 180, 13.8, 17.6, 3.0,2.1, 5.4, 0.02, and $1.5nmol\;m^{-2}d^{-1}$ respectively. Among the metals, Cu and Cd showed the most noticeable seasonal patterns. The Cd flux correlated positively with the fluxes of biogenic components while the Cu flux correlated with both the lithogenic and biogenic particle fluxes. The Cu flux peak in the late summer is likely related to a substantial amount of inflow of ice melt water laden with Cu-enriched lithogenic particles. On the other hands, the Cd flux peak in the early spring may be associated with the unusually early occurred phytoplankton bloom.

Assesment of Zeolite, Montmorillonite, and Steel Slag for Interrupting Heavy Metals Release from Contaminated Marine Sediments for Capping Thickness of Reactive materials (오염된 해양퇴적물에서 중금속 용출 차단을 위한 제올라이트, 몬모릴로나이트, 제강슬래그의 적용성 평가)

  • Kang, Ku;Kim, Young-Kee;Park, Seong-Jik
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.39 no.4
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    • pp.335-344
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    • 2015
  • This study aims to assess the effectiveness of zeolite, montmorillonite, and steel slag as capping materials to block the release of heavy metals from marine sediment depending on their depths. The results showed that all capping materials used this study were not effective in interrupting release of As. Zeolite had negative effect on the block of Cr release but it was significantly reduced to 5 cm by montmorillonite capping. In contrast to As and Cr, Cd, Ni, and Pb were not released even from uncapped sediments. Cu and Zn were the heavy metals those were most significantly influenced by the capping conditions. Cu release from marine sediments were effectively blocked by more than 1 cm depth of montmorillonite and more than 3 cm depth of zeolite. All capping materials were found to be effective in interrupting release of Zn from marine sediments. It was concluded that the zeolite, montmorillonite, and steel slag could be used as a potential capping material for interrupting the release of Cr, Cu, and Zn from the contaminated marine sediments.

Seafloor Topographic Survey with Bedrock (기반암 정보를 포함한 해저 지형 조사 연구)

  • Kim, Myoung-Bae;Kwak, Kang-Yul
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.343-349
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    • 2011
  • Seabed topography and marine site survey should be performed first in the design and construction of marine structures. We could successfully acquire the seafloor topography information can be obtained by bathymetric survey and side scan sonar and the sediment layer thickness and 3D bedrock depth by seismic reflection. It is necessary to apply carry out the integrated interpretation to each other in the ocean civil Eng. In this paper, we have obtained information on the sea bottom topography and water depth at the same time using interferometer technique and on the basement depth by seismic reflection. We have performed to assess the proposed method on the seafloor topographic survey with bedrock.

Numerical Analysis of Offshore Wind Turbine Foundation Considering Properties of Soft layer in Jeju (제주 연약지층 특성을 고려한 해상풍력기초의 수치해석적 연구)

  • Yang, Ki-Ho;Seo, Sang-Duk;Cho, Yee-Sun;Park, Jeong-Jun
    • Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.45-56
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    • 2013
  • Recently, offshore wind farms are increasingly expected, because there are huge resource and large site in offshore. Jeju island has optimum condition for constructing a wind energy farm. Unlike the mainland, Jeju island has stratified structure distribution between rock layers sediments due to volcanic activation. In these case, it can be occur engineering problems in whole structures as well as the safety of foundation as the thickness and distribution of sediment under top rock layer can not support sufficiently the structure. In this paper, the settlement and stress distribution is predicted by numerical analysis when the mono-pile base are constructed on various soft layer between stratified structure. To determine the settlement of the pile foundation supported on stratified rock layer, the geological investigation at the 3 regiions and the results of laboratory experiments of the stratified rock layer is required.

A Study on p-y Curves with Pressuremeter Tests in Jeju Basalt Rock (공내재하시험을 이용한 제주 현무암의 p-y 곡선 연구)

  • Yang, Ki-Ho;Huh, Jong-Chul;Park, Jeong-Jun
    • Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.129-137
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    • 2015
  • Recently, offshore wind farms are increasingly expected, because there are huge resource and large site in offshore. Jeju island has optimum condition for constructing a wind energy farm. Unlike the mainland, Jeju island has stratified structure distribution between rock layers sediments due to volcanic activation. In these case, it can be occur engineering problems in whole structures as well as the safety of foundation as the thickness and distribution of sediment under top rock layer can not support sufficiently the structure. One of the most obvious applications of the pressuremeter test is the solution of the problem of laterally loaded piles. A hyperbolic non-linear p-y criterion for rock is developed in this study that can be used in LPILE program, to predict the deflection, moment, and shear reponses of a shaft under the applied lateral loads. Finally, a comparison between the predicted and measured response at two different sites is shown to give an idea of the accuracy of the IFP method.

Growth of Two Native Zoysiagrasses Collected from Sea Side and Mountain Area in Indonesia on Growing Media Composed of Sand and Clay

  • Rahayu, Rahayu;Dewantoro, Hery;Arianto, Dwi Priyo;Bae, Eun-Ji;Choi, Su-Min;Lee, Kwang-Soo;Yang, Geun-Mo;Choi, Joon-Soo
    • Weed & Turfgrass Science
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.54-61
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    • 2018
  • Zoysiagrass (Zoysia spp.) exists spotly in Indonesia and it has potential to be used in parks, golf courses, and football fields. Many football fields and golf course fairways use sand as top soil over native soil. This study aims to analyze growth and quality of two native zoysiagrasses Zis and Zim. Zis is a native zoysiagrass collected in sea-side and Zim is a native zoysiagrass collected in mountain area. Both types of zoysiagrasses were planted at field with altitude of 300 m with various growing media mixes of sand and reservoir's sediment. Thickness of the growing medium was 10 cm over an alfisol clay soil. Experimental plots were constructed using factorial completely randomized design with two native zoysiagrasses and 5 types of growing media. Two ecotypes of native zoysiagrasses showed different in growth habits combined with mixtures of growth media. Zim showed higher growing speed including more vigor with uniformity and texture than Zis. There were not significanthly differences on leaf color and root length between two ecotypes of native zoysiagrasses collected in Indonesia.

Analysis of Lateral Behavior of Steel Pile embedded in Basalt (암반에 근입된 강관말뚝의 수평방향 지지거동 연구)

  • Kim, Khi-Woong;Park, Jeong-Jun;Kim, Jin-Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2016
  • Recently, offshore wind farms are increasingly expected, because there are huge resource and large site in offshore. Jeju island has optimum condition for constructing a wind energy farm. Unlike the mainland, Jeju island has stratified structure distribution between rock layers sediments due to volcanic activation. In these case, it can be occur engineering problems in whole structures as well as the safety of foundation as the thickness and distribution of sediment under top rock layer can not support sufficiently the structure. In this study, field lateral load test of the pile for analyzing lateral behavior of the offshore wind turbine which is embedded in basalt. After calculating the subgrade resistance and the horizontal deflection from the measured strain to derive p-y curve from the lateral load test results, the subgrade resistance amplifies the error in the process of differentiation and the error of piecewise polynomial curve fitting is the smallest. In order to calculate the horizontal deflection from the measured strain, the six-order polynomial was used.

Rheological Models for Describing Fine-laden Debris Flows: Grain-size Effect (세립토 위주의 토석류에 관한 유변학적 모델: 입자크기 효과)

  • Jeong, Sueng-Won
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • v.27 no.6
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    • pp.49-61
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    • 2011
  • This paper presents the applicability of rheological models for describing fine-laden debris flows and analyzes the flow characteristics as a function of grain size. Two types of soil samples were used: (1) clayey soils - Mediterranean Sea clays and (2) silty soils - iron ore tailings from Newfoundland, Canada. Clayey soil samples show a typical shear thinning behavior but silty soil samples exhibit the transition from shear thinning to the Bingham fluid as shear rate is increased. It may be due to the fact that the determination of yield stress and plastic viscosity is strongly dependent upon interstructrual interaction and strength evolution between soil particles. So grain size effect produces different flow curves. For modeling debris flows that are mainly composed of fine-grained sediments (<0.075 mm), we need the yield stress and plastic viscosity to mimic the flow patterns like shape of deposition, thickness, length of debris flow, and so on. These values correlate with the liquidity index. Thus one can estimate the debris flow mobility if one can measure the physical properties.

Acoustic Facies in the Western South Sea, Korea (한국남서해역의 음향학적 퇴적상)

  • BAHNG, HYO KY;OH, JAE KYUNG
    • 한국해양학회지
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.313-322
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    • 1993
  • The Western south Sea of Korea can be divided into 4 acoustic facies (AF I-AF IV) according to the variations of acoustic characters. Typical acoustic characters revealed in high-resolution seismic profiles (3.5kHz) are prolonged, internal reflected, non-penetrated, and transparent types. These acoustic types probably controlled by bottom condition and sediment properties such as composition and compaction of sediments. Acoustic facies I is characterized by prolonged type which is produced by absorbing of acoustic signals on the coarse sediments including gravels and shell fragments and irregular bedforms. Acoustic facies II is characterized by internal reflected type which is probably produced by differential sediments compaction. Acoustic facies III is characterized by non-penetrated type caused by scattering of acoustic signals on the well sorted fine ad very fine sand sediments. Acoustic facies IV is characterized by transparent type with non-internal reflector in limited thickness. Acoustic types in high-resolution profiles provide important information not only about the stratigraphy of sub bottom but also abut the sedimentary processes in shallow sea.

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Ultra High Resolution Shallow Acoustic Profiling using the Parametric Echo Sounder: Discrimination of Marine Contaminated Sediments and Burial Depth Inspection of the Submarine Cable (비선형 측심기를 이용한 초고해상 천부음향탐사: 오염퇴적층 구분과 해저케이블 매설 검측)

  • Jung, Seom-Kyu;Lee, Yong-Kuk;Kim, Seong-Ryul;Oh, Jae-Kyung
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.34 no.8
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    • pp.1222-1229
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    • 2010
  • Compared to conventional high resolution acoustic profiling, ultra high resolution shallow acoustic profiling using parametric echo sounder is limited in penetration, yet it provides resolution suitable for detailed seabed investigation in the shallow waters. The parametric sub-bottom profiler system provides not only the exact determination of water depth, but also the detailed information about sediment layers and sub-bottom structures. Possible applications include dredging project, search of buried pipeline, ship wrecks, and other artificial objects through the detailed mapping of thickness and structure of the upper sedimentary layers. In this study, contaminated sediments were discriminated by the correlation of ultra high resolution profiles with geologic data. In addition, the burial depth of the submarine cable was measured by the interpretation of acoustic anomalies in the profiles.