• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.195-200
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• 2017

Background: The natural ratios of carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and sulfur (S) stable isotopes can be varied in some specific living organisms owing to various isotopic fractionation processes in nature. Therefore, the analysis of C, N, and S stable isotope ratios in ginseng can provide a feasible method for determining ginseng authenticity depending on the cultivation land and type of fertilizer. Methods: C, N, and S stable isotope composition in 6-yr-old ginseng roots (Jagyeongjong variety) was measured by isotope ratio mass spectrometry. Results: The type of cultivation land and organic fertilizers affected the C, N, and S stable isotope ratio in ginseng (p < 0.05). The ${\delta}^{15}N_{AIR}$ and ${\delta}^{34}S_{VCDT}$ values in ginseng roots more significantly discriminated the cultivation land and type of organic fertilizers in ginseng cultivation than the ${\delta}^{13}C_{VPDB}$ value. The combination of ${\delta}^{13}C_{VPDB}$, ${\delta}^{15}N_{AIR}$, or ${\delta}^{34}S_{VCDT}$ in ginseng, except the combination ${\delta}^{13}C_{VPDB}-^{34}S_{VCDT}$, showed a better discrimination depending on soil type or fertilizer type. Conclusion: This case study provides preliminary results about the variation of C, N, and S isotope composition in ginseng according to the cultivation soil type and organic fertilizer type. Hence, our findings are potentially applicable to evaluate ginseng authenticity depending on cultivation conditions.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.119-127
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• 1996

Electrum-sulfide minerals of the Namsan Au-Ag mine were deposited in two stages of quartz and calcite veins that fill fault planes in Mesozoic granitic rocks (230~155 Ma). The K/Ar radiometric dating of hydrothermal sericite indicates that mineralization is early Cretaceous age ($127{\pm}3.0Ma$). Mineralogic, fluid inclusion and sulfur isotopic data show that ore minerals were deposited at temperatures between $340^{\circ}C$ and $200^{\circ}C$ from fluid with salinities of 3 to 6 equiv. wt % NaCl. Evidence of fluid boiling (and $CO_2$ effervescence) indicates a maximum pressures of 100 bars. The formation temperature and $fs_2$, of Au-mineralization from the Namsan mines are mainly $280{\sim}230^{\circ}C$ and $10^{-11}{\sim}10^{-13}$ atm, respectively. Au deposition was likely a result of boiling caused to chemical change (pH, $f_{O2}$, ${\Sigma}_{H_2S{\cdot}{\cdot}}$) of ore-fluids. Sulfur isotope composition of sulfide minerals (${\delta}^{34}S=5.1$ to 8.2‰) are consistent with ${\delta}^{34}S_{{\Sigma}{H2S}}$ value of +6 to +7‰, suggesting an igneous source of sulfur partially mixed with wall-rock sulfur.

• 대한자원환경지질학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한자원환경지질학회 2003년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.237-237
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• 2003

Preliminary studies on the seasonal variations in abundance of stable isotopes were carried out on the snow and rainwater samples from urban area. Stable isotopes and other geochemical data as a tool for characterizing the seasonality and source of pollutants were examined in study areas, especially to trace the sources of sulfate in precipitation and to distinguish sulfates of natural and anthropogenic origin. (omitted)

• 자원환경지질
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.169-177
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• 1987

The Manjang copper magnetite-fluorite orebodies are imbedded within the limestone beds of the Hwajonri Formation. The ore deposits are characterized by magnetite-fluorite bearing skarn orebody in the west orebody and copper sulfide veins of the central and main orebodies. This study includes fluid inclusion geothermometry, salinity analysis, stable isotope analysis, and application of phase rule to mineral associations in skarn ore. Ore minerals are closely associated with the skarn silicates such as garnet, wollastonite and epidote. Magnetite and fluorite are remarkable in the west orebody whereas chalcopyrite is dominate in the central and main orebodies where pyrite and pyrrhotite also appear as sulfide gangues. Homogenization temperature and salinity of fluid inclusions are measured ranging between $240^{\circ}C$ and $350^{\circ}C$, 6.3~12.9 wt. percent in quartz and $220^{\circ}C$ and $350^{\circ}C$, 8.5~9.9wt. percent in fluorite, respectively. This indicates that the filling temperature and salinity are higher in quartz than in fluorite with the tendency of both to be linearly decreased suggesting an attribution of meteoric water to the mineralization. $T-fo_2$ diagram in the Ca-Fe-Si system at 1 kb and $Xco_2$=0.02 shows that the mineral assemblages with decreasing temperature are andradite-hedenbergite-calcite, hedenbergite-andradite-quartz, magnetite-andradite-quartz, and magnetite-quartz-calcite, indicating that magnetite crystallizes mostly late skarn stage at lower temperature. According to the carbon and oxygen isotopic values of the host limestone and calcite in ores, the sourec of carbon might be mixture of host limestone and deep seated carbons. Sulfur isotope data imply that ore fluids be relatively homogeneous in sulfur isotopic composition, mainly derived from igneous source.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 1990

A couple of Au-Ag-bearing epithermal quartz veins of Cretaceous(87.9Ma) in age are developed in the Cretaceous(112Ma) granodiorite batholith which was emplaced in Mesozoic Baegyari sedimentary formation. Au minerals consist mostly of electrum with a 54.2-61.9 wt% Au and are closely associated with sulfide minerals including pyrite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, galena and sphalerite. Homogenization temperatures of fluid inclusions in quartz, fluorite and calcite are $196-368^{\circ}C$ (avg. $240^{\circ}C$), $74-176^{\circ}C$ (avg. $115^{\circ}C$) and $75-200^{\circ}C$ (avg. $119^{\circ}C$) respectively. Sulfur isotopic compositions( +5- +8‰) of ore sulfides indicate a deep-seated sulfur origin. Oxygen isotope compositions of different stages of quartz vary from +5.6 to +9.3‰ and calculated ${\delta}^{18}O$ values of ore fluid at $250^{\circ}C$ range from -3.2 to +0.4‰, reflecting an isotopically evolved ore fluid mixed with a $^{18}O$ depleted meteoric water under the variable mixing ratios between hydrothermal and meteoric waters. Isotopic data of calcite minerals support the above conclusions.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권4호
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• pp.1476-1484
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• 2023

Laboratory experiments and point monitoring of reservoir sediments have proven that stable sulfate reduction (SSR) can lower the concentrations of toxic metals and sulfate in acidic groundwater for a long time. Here, we hypothesize that SSR occurred during in situ leaching after uranium mining, which can impact the fate of acid groundwater in an entire region. To test this, we applied a sulfur isotope fractionation method to analyze the mechanism for natural attenuation of contaminated groundwater produced by acid in situ leaching of uranium (Xinjiang, China). The results showed that δ³⁴S increased over time after the cessation of uranium mining, and natural attenuation caused considerable, area-scale immobilization of sulfur corresponding to retention levels of 5.3%-48.3% while simultaneously decreasing the concentration of uranium. Isotopic evidence for SSR in the area, together with evidence for changes of pollutant concentrations, suggest that area-scale SSR is most likely also important at other acid mining sites for uranium, where retention of acid groundwater may be strengthened through natural attenuation. To recapitulate, the sulfur isotope fractionation method constitutes a relatively accurate tool for quantification of spatiotemporal trends for groundwater during migration and transformation resulting from acid in situ leaching of uranium in northern China.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.41-50
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• 1992

Mineral assemblages, mineral chemistries and stable isotope compositions of altered rocks of the Ogmae, Seongsan, Haenam and Gusi mines near the Haenam volcanic field in the southwestern part of the Korea peninsula were studied. Characteristic hydrothermal alteration zones in these deposits occurring in the Cretaceous volcanics and volcanogenic sediments, acidic tuff, and rhyolite, were outlined. Genetic environment with particular reference to the spatial and temporal relationships for these deposits were considered. The alteration zones defined by a mineral assemblage in the Ogmae and Seongsan deposits can be classified as alunite, pyrophyllite, kaolinite or dickite, quartz, illite or illite/smectite. Alunite was not developed in the Gusi and Haenam deposits. Boundaries between the adjacent zones are always gradational except for vein-type alunite. Alteration zones are superimposed upon each other in some localities. These deposits formed $71.8{\pm}2.8{\sim}76.6{\pm}2.9$ Ma ago, which is the almost same age of later volcanic rocks $79.4{\pm}1.7{\sim}82.8{\pm}1.2$ Ma, the Haenam Group, corresponding to Campanian. It indicates that hydrothermal alteration of these deposits appeared to be related to felsic volcanism in the area. Consideration of the stability between kaolinite, alunite, pyrite and pyrophyllite, and the geothermometry based on the mineral chemistry of illite and chlorite suggests that the maximum formation temperature for alunite and pyrophyllite can be estimated at about $250^{\circ}C$ and $240{\sim}290^{\circ}C$, respectively. It also suggests that these deposits were formed by acidic sulfate solution with high aqueous silica and potassium activity in a shallow depth environment. Compositional variation of alunite also suggests that the physico-chemical conditions fluctulated considerably during alteration processes, indicating shallow depth environment. The Haenam deposit was formed at a relatively greater depth than the others. The sulfur isotope composition of alunite and pyrite indicates that sulfur probably had a magmatic source, and the oxygen isotope composition for kaolinite indicates that the magmatic hydrothermal solution was diluted by circulating meteoric water.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.153-163
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• 2013

옥천 금-은광상은 시대미상의 변성퇴적암류내에 발달된 NE 또는 NW 계열의 열극대를 충진한 2개조의 석영맥으로 구성된 열수맥상광상이다. 본 광상의 석영맥은 주로 괴상으로 산출되며 일부 각력상 및 정동구조가 관찰되고 연장성은 최소 50 m, 맥폭은 0.1에서 0.3 m 정도이다. 이들 석영맥에서 산출되는 광물은 황철석, 석영, 견운모, 녹니석 및 점토광물로 구성된 열수변질광물과 황철석, 자류철석, 유비철석, 섬아연석, 황동석 및 방연석으로 구성된 황화광물이 관찰된다. 유체포유물 자료에 의하면, 광화시기 광석광물의 침전과 관련된 균일화온도와 염농도는 각각 $184{\sim}362^{\circ}C$, 0.0~6.6 wt.% NaCl 로서 광화유체가 천수의 혼입에 의한 냉각과 희석작용이 있었음을 지시한다. 황(${\delta}^{34}S$: 0.4~8.4‰)의 기원은 주로 화성기원과 일부 모암내의 황에서 유래된 것으로 해석된다. 산소(${\delta}^{18}O$: 4.9~12.1‰)와 수소(${\delta}D$: -92~74‰) 동위원소값의 자료로 볼 때, 이 광상의 광화유체는 마그마 기원 또는 천수 기원의 유체로 생각되며 광화작용이 진행됨에 따라 기원이 다른 천수의 혼입이 작용한 것으로 해석할 수 있다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.193-201
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• 2011

거풍구리광상은 트라이아스기 청산화강암 내에 발달된 NE 계열의 열극대를 충진한 2개조의 석영맥으로 구성된 열수맥상광상이다. 본 광상의 석영맥은 주로 괴상으로 산출되며 일부 정동 및 각력상 조직이 관찰되고 연장성은 500 m, 맥폭은 0.2에서 2.2 m 정도이다. 이들 석영맥의 광화작용은 hypogene 시기와 supergene 시기로 구분된다. Hypogene 시기의 광물은 견운모, 황철석, 석영, 녹니석 및 점토광물로 구성된 열수변질광물과 황철석, 유비철석, 자류철석, 백철석, 섬아연석, 황석석, 황동석 및 방연석으로 구성된 황화광물이 관찰된다. Supergene 시기에는 침철석이 생성되었다. 유체포유물 자료에 의하면, 광화시기 광석광물의 침전과 관련된 균일화온도와 염농도는 각각 $163{\sim}356^{\circ}C$, 0.2~7.2 wt.% NaCl 로서 광화유체가 천수의 혼입에 의한 냉각과 희석작용이 있었음을 지시한다. 황(${\delta}^{34}S$: 4.3~9.3‰)의 기원은 주로 화성기원과 일부 모암내의 황에서 유래된 것으로 해석된다. 산소 (${\delta}^{18}O$: 0.9~4.0‰)와 수소(${\delta}D$: -86~-69‰) 동위원소값의 자료로 볼 때, 이 광상의 광화유체는 마그마 기원 또는 천수 기원의 유체로 생각되며 광화작용이 진행됨에 따라 기원이 다른 천수의 혼입이 작용한 것으로 해석할 수 있다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2008

봉상 금-은광상은 백악기 안산암질 래필리응회암 내에 발달된 단층대를 충진한 석영맥광상이다. 이 광상의 광화작용은 단층-각력대에 수반되며 2시기로 구분된다. 1시기는 다시 조기와 말기로 구분되며 주된 광화시기이다. II시기는 광화작용이 관찰되지 않는다. I시기 조기는 모암변질과 천금속 황화광물이 관찰된다. I시기 말기는 금-은광물 정출시기로 자연은, 함은사면동석 및 휘안동은석과 함께 황철석, 섬아연석, 황동석 및 방연석 등의 황화광물이 관찰된다. 유체포유물 자료에 의하면, 광화I시기의 균일화온도와 염농도는 각각 $137{\sim}336^{\circ}C,\;0.0{\sim}10.6wt.%$ NaCl 로서 광화유체가 천수의 혼입에 의한 냉각과 희석이 있었음을 지시한다. 또한, 광화I시기 말기에 관찰되는 광물공생군으로부터 구한 생성온도와 황분압은 $<210^{\circ}C$과 $<10^{-15.4}$ atm를 갖는다. 황(3.4%o 기원은 화성기원과 모암내의 황에서 유래된 것으로 해석된다. 산소{2.9%o과 10.3%o(석영: 7.9%o과 8.9%o, 방해석: 2.9%o과 10.3%o)}, 수소(-75%o) 및 탄소(-7.0%o과 -5.9%o)동위원소값의 자료로 볼 때, 이 광상의 광화유체는 천수 기원의 유체가 주종을 이룬 것으로 보이며 광화작용이 진행됨에 따라 기원이 다른 천수의 혼입이 작용한 것으로 해석할 수 있다.