• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.31-50
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• 2009

The demarcation of Maritime Boundary is directly related to the expansion of jurisdiction and the securing of resources. Resource diplomacies of the three countries Korea, China and Japan represent a major task for the national administrations : to secure resources as well as to stablize and sustain resources for future national economies. At the sea area around Korea as well, countries are fiercely competing to secure resources and to expand jurisdiction. This is evidenced by the fact that various principles and logics which are beneficial to each own country are presented through international precedents, agreement between countries and the theories of the international law scholars. They say that the conclusion of demarcation of maritime boundary for the Yellow Sea would be easy from the point that there is no dispute related to island dominion in the waters of the Korean Peninsula especially the Yellow Sea, but still we need to have a strategic approach to this issue from the point that the factors used for claiming maritime boundaries may expand the waters of a country over much. For example, the continental shelf boundary in consideration of the distribution of sedimentary deposits in the Yellow Sea which is being raised by China began from the hypothesis that the inflow of sedimentary deposits to the Yellow Sea through the rivers of China represents absolute majority, but the results of the latest studies raised questions on the hypothesis. Especially, the studies done by Martin and Yang revealed that the inflow of sedimentary deposits to the Yellow Sea from the Yellow River is approximately less than 1% of total sedimentary deposits in the Yellow Sea, and also the result of analysis on the causes and counter policy measures on the environment of Bohai, China supports the reliability of the results of such studies. From a legal aspect, the sedimentary deposits of rivers which are claimed by China represent extremely weak ground for the claim for the title of the continental shelf. The siltline claimed by China seems to be based on the Article 76-4-(a)(i) of UNCLOS. This is, however, not the definition on the title of the continental shelf but it is only a technical formula to utilize in a case where a country desires to expand the continental shelf to over 200 nautical miles. Scientific and Technical Guidelines of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf also confirm this point through the Article 2.1.2 of the Guideline. The only case in which sedimentary deposits of rivers were referred to as concrete demarcation of maritime boundary was in the which was concluded in 1986 between India and Myanmar at the Andaman Sea. In the said case, India acknowledged the boundary up to the isobath of 200m which Myanmar claimed based on the sedimentary deposits of the Irrawaddy River. It has limits as a case for acknowledging the sedimentary deposits, however, because in fact India's acknowledgment was made in exchange for the condition that Myanmar gave up the dominion of two islands which they had been claiming from India up until that time.

• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.212-221
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• 2004

Concentrations of suspended particulate matters (SPM) and their distribution patterns were monitored three times in the East China Sea during the winter season in 1998 and 1999. SPM concentrations showed significant temporal variations controlled by the atmospheric conditions and sea states. In coastal area, SPM values were about 10-20 mg/l in fair weather conditions, but exceeded 100mg/l during the storm periods. Turbid waters were distributed widespread in the continental shelf of the East China Sea and the coastal area of the Korean Peninsula, and these two areas were connected along a NE-SW direction. The distribution patterns of turbid waters were interpreted as representing the transport behavior of suspended matter. Although the primary source of inner shelf mud deposits of Korea seems to be the Korean Peninsula, contribution from the East China Sea to the coastal area of Korea increases especially during the winter season.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.520-531
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• 2022

The Yellow Sea experienced glacio-eustasy sea-level fluctuations during the Quaternary period. In the middle part of the Yellow Sea, the Quaternary successions were accumulated by alternating terrestrial, paralic, and shallow marine deposits that reflected the fluctuating sea levels. A long core of 69.2 m was acquired at the YMGR-102 site (33°50.1782'N and 123°48.3019'E) at a depth of 72.5 m in the middle of the Yellow Sea. A four-layered geoacoustic model was reconstructed for the sedimentary succession. It was based on seismic characteristics from 3.5 kHz SBP and air-gun seismic profiles and 96 grain-size properties in the core sample from YMGR-102. For the underwater simulation and experiments, the in-situ P-wave speeds were calculated using the sound speed ratio of the Hamilton method. The geoacoustic model of YMGR-102 can contribute to the reconstruction of geoacoustic models, reflecting the vertical and lateral variability of the acoustic properties in the continental shelf of the middle Yellow Sea.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.14-22
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• 2000

The relationship between the distribution of demersal fishes and that of the water masses was examined by using the catches data and hydrographic data in the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea on May 13-19, 1996 and May 10-17, 1997. During the study period, the dominant fish species were Cleisthenes pinetorum herzinsteini, Lophiomus setigerus and Pseudosciaena polyactis. These three low temperature water species accounted for $21-24\%$ of the total catches. The percentage of the low temperature water species was high in the Yellow Sea and the coastal area on the continental shelf of the East China Sea but was low in the vincinity of Kyushu during the study period. In the East China Sea, the isotherm of $15^{\circ}C$ at 50m, mid layer depth, was located more southeast in 1996 than in 1997. The bottom water temperature was about it lower in 1996 than in 1997. The direction of the detided current on the continental shelf of the East China Sea was southward in 1996 and northward in 1997. Yellow Sea Bottom Cold Water (YSBCW) strongly expanded to south in 1996 when the northward current was weak. But, Tsushima Warm Current (TSWC) strongly intruded into the continental shelf of the East China Sea in 1997. As YSBCW expanded strongly to south in 1996, the percentage of the low temperature water species relative to the total catches was high. But, TSWC strongly intruded and the percentage of low temperature water fishes was low in 1997.

• 한국해안해양공학회지
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.414-426
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• 1993

황해 및 동중국해륙붕에서 해류관측에 이용되는 현대적인 방법들을 기술하였고 이 해역 해류의 변화도를 해류관측방법과 관연하여 토의하였다. 이 육붕해역의 보고된 해류관측의 총체적인 자료수집을 수행하였다.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2004

The clay minerals of thirty-four bottom sediments collected from the northwestern continental shelf of the East China Sea have been determined by X-ray diffraction analysis. The clay mineral distribution is mainly controlled by the sediment source and the dominant circulation pattern. The predominant clay mineral in our study area is illite comprising more-than 70% of whole clay fraction. The highest concentration of illite (>72%) is found in the southeastern offshore parts beyond the reach of terrigenous input from the Cheju Island. It means that these illites are largely transported by the Kuroshio Current from the South China Sea. Smectite is highly concentrated in the northwest middle part and in the outer-shelf mud patch. It seems to be due to the high supply of smectite transported from China where the fine-grained sediments are discharged from the modern and ancient Huanghe River. The relatively high abundance of kaolinite is likely derived from the Changjiang River via Taiwan ·Warm Current. In contrast, the large amounts of chlorite and high chlorite/kaolinite ratios occur in the northwestern are, reflecting the transportation by the Huanghai Sea Coastal Current from the southern Yellow Sea.

• 한국해안해양공학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.243-258
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• 2005

경도상 $1/12^{\circ}$, 위도상 $l/15^{\circ}$의 해상도를 갖는 최병호(1990)의 2차원 황해 및 동중국해의 조석모형을 근간으로 하여 한반도 주변해역의 정밀수심 DB(최병호 등, 2002)를 기초입력으로 하여 격자세분화 기법과 서로 다른 격자체계하에서의 다른 계간시간간격을 사용하는 해안 및 하구역 모형으로의 개선을 통하여 모형의 효율성, 사용성 및 모형영역내의 세격자 영역의 위치적 이식성을 향상시킨 둥지형 동적결합 조식모형체계를 수립하였다. 수립된 모형체계의 타당성과 적용성을 입증하기 위하여 새만금 해역을 세밀격자로서 해상시킨 수치모형 실험을 실시하였으며, 모형의 계산치와 관측치의 비교를 통하여 만족할 만한 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. 수립된 체계는 황해와 동중국해 대륙붕해영역내에서 위치적 이식성이 용이한 조석예보체계로서 발전될 수 있다.

• 한국해안해양공학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.45-58
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• 1992

황해 및 동중국해에서 기상학적으로 유발된 연여균 및 계절적 해류 순환을 산정하기 위해 3次元 수치모형이 이용되었는데 수치모형은 불규칙한 연안경계와 실제 수심을 반영할 수 있도록 구성되었다. 본 연구에서는 전회의 동중국해의 3차원 수치모형 (Choi, 1984)을 제붕역에서의 흐름을 좀더 자세히 재현할 수 있도록 세분화하였는데 모형에 사용된 유한격자체계의 해상도는 위도 4분과 경도 5분으로 구성되었으며 황해 및 동중국해상에서 유속의 3차원적 순환 형태가 산정되어 제시되었다. 수치모형에 의해 계산된 기상학적으로 유발된 恒流 유원은 이 해역의 여러 영역에서 수심(표면, 중간수심, 바닥)別 및 전체 水柱에 대해 해수 문체시간을 계산하는데 이용되었다.

• 한국해안해양공학회지
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.231-244
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• 1990

본 연구의 장기적인 목적은 황해와 동지나해 육붕에서의 중규모적 순환 역학을 조사하는 데 있다. 슈퍼콤의 등장과 흐름의 해상력을 제고시키기 위해 전 육붕해역을 위도상 1/15도, 경도상 1/12도 격자간격을 갖는 수치해석모형을 수립하였다. 첫 단계로서 육붕해의 우세한 조석현상인 주태음양일주조의 조석체계를 산정하였다. 초기결과가 제시되었으며 추후의 모형개선을 위한 토의를 하였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.771-779
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• 2012

The bacterial diversity of the continental shelf sediment in the Yellow Sea was investigated by the cloning and sequencing of PCR-amplified 16S rRNA genes. The majority of the cloned sequences were distinct phylotypes that were novel at the species level. The richness estimator indicated that the sediment sample might harbor up to 32 phylum-level taxa. A large number of low-abundance, phylum-level taxa accounted for most of the observed phylogenetic diversity at our study site, suggesting that these low-abundance taxa might play crucial roles in the shelf sediment ecosystem.