• 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지구물리탐사학회 2003년도 Proceedings of the international symposium on the fusion technology
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• pp.544-547
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• 2003

The objective of this study is to investigate the contamination levels and dispersion patterns of arsenic and heavy metals and to estimate the bioaccessible fraction of the metals in soil and plant samples in the vicinity of the abandoned Songcheon Au-Ag mine. Tailings, soils, plants (Chinese cabbage, red pepper, soybean, radish, sesame leaves, green onion, lettuce, potato leaves, angelica and groundsel) and waters were collected around the mine site. After appropriate preparation, all samples were analyzed for As, Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn by ICP-AES and ICP-MS. Elevated levels of As and heavy metals were found in tailings. Mean concentrations of As in agricultural soils were higher than the permissible level. Especially, maximum level of As in farmland soil was 513 mg/kg. The highest concentrations of As and Zn were found in Chinese cabbage (6.7 mg/kg and 359 mg/kg, respectively). Concentrations of As, Cd, and Zn in most stream waters which are used for drinking water around this mine area were higher than the permissible levels regulated in Korea. Maximum levels of As, Cd and Zn in stream waters were 0.78 mg/L, 0.19 mg/L and 5.4 mg/L, respectively. These results indicate that mine tailings can be the main contamination sources of As and heavy metals in the soil-water system in the mine area. The average of estimated bioaccessible fraction of As in farmland soils were $3.7\%$ (in simulated stomach) and $10.8\%$ (in simulated small intestine). The highest value of bioaccessible fraction of metal in farmland soils was $46.5\%$ for Cd.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.221-229
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• 1995

The heavy metal contents and their dispersion patterns in stream water, stream sediments, land plants and aquatic larvae collected from the hydrologic system flowing via the wasted ore dump of the Moak Au-Ag mine were investigated systematically in order to evaluate the environmental impacts of the abandoned metal mine. The heavy metal content increases abruptly in the vicinity of the wasted ore dump, then attenuated with increasing distance from the mine area. Attenuating rates were stream water > stream sediments > land plants > aquatic larvae. On the other hand, the cumulative content of heavy metals was stream sediments >aquatic larvae > land plants > stream water. Each element tends to be enriched selectively according to media; Zn > Cu > Cd > Pb in stream water, Zn > Pb > Cu > Cd in stream sediments and land plants, and Zn > Cu > Pb > Cd in aquatic larvae. These results show that the degree of enrichment and dispersion of pollutant extruded from the wasted ore dump are different according to elements and media, and that the circulation system of materials of each medium is different. The heavy metals, especially Cu, Pb and Zn, of polluted downstream sediments occur in high proportions of Fe-Mn oxides and organic bounded forms, which show high potential of a secondary pollution source. The content of heavy metals and their dispersion patterns in stream sediments are different from those of ten years ago; pollution levels of heavy metals were degraded in various ranges. The Zn and Cu-polluted areas were widened whereas Fe and Pb-polluted areas were reduced. In crops collected from the farm lands in downstream area, the pepper was more concentrated in all heavy metal than rice. The pepper showed some contaminated level in Cu(9.7ppm) and Zn(149ppm), and the rice in Zn(90ppm). However, both crops showed no significant level in Cd(<0.2ppm) and Pb(<0.5ppm).

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.161-167
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• 2015

폐금속광산 하류 토양의 중금속 인체위해성을 평가하기 위하여 Pb Zn 폐광산 하류 논토양 30점을 대상으로 SBET(Simple Bioavailability Extraction Test) 분석하여 중금속의 인체흡수도(Human bioavailability quotient)를 평가한 결과는 다음과 같다. 토양 중 Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn 및 As의 인체흡수도는 각각 28.1, 17.3, 34.1, 14.6 및 2.3%로 나타났다. 특히 토양 중 Cd, Pb 및 Zn의 인체흡수도 최고치는 73.3, 81.5 및 58.1%로 매우 높았고, 채취지역 및 지점 간의 편차가 크게 나타났다. 토양 중 Cd, Cu, Pb 및 Zn의 인체흡수도는 pH 값, 유기물, 치환성 칼슘 함량과 정의 상관을, 치환성 칼륨 및 마그네슘과는 부의 상관을 보였다. 또한 토양 내 As의 인체흡수도는 유기물과 부의 상관, 치환성 칼륨 및 마그네슘과는 정의상관을 보였다. 토양 내 Cd, Cu, Pb 및 Zn의 인체흡수도는 0.1M HCl 침출성, 그리고 총함량과 정의상관을, As성분과는 부의 상관을 보였다. 특히 Zn의 인체흡수도는 상관계수가 0.1M HCl 침출성함량(r=0.967) 및 전함량(r=0.917)에서 다른 성분보다 높게 나타났다. 이상의 결과에서 폐광산 하류 토양의 중금속 인체흡수도를 볼 때 광산지역에서 거주하는 주민들에게 장기간 노출된다면 건강상의 잠재적인 위해성이 있을 것으로 판단되었다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.135-142
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• 2005

도곡광산 주변지역 중금속 원소들의 오염 특성을 알아보고, 이들 원소들의 생체흡수도를 평가하기 위해서 본 연구를 수행하였다. 연구 대상 지역의 주오염원은 광미 및 폐석더미 그리고 갱내수 등으로 추정된다. 광미 내에는 As이 $140{\cal}mg/{\cal}kg$, Cd이 $107{\cal}mg/{\cal}kg$, Cu가 $3017{\cal}mg/{\cal}kg$, Pb가 $12926{\cal}mg/{\cal}kg$, Zn는 $9094{\cal}mg/{\cal}kg$(우기 전 시료)로 높은 함량을 나타내고 있다. 밭토양 내의 중금속 원소들 함량은 자연토양 내의 평균함량(Bowen, 1979)보다 높게 나타났으나, 광미적치장의 광미에 비해서 낮은 함량을 나타낸다. 수계내 중금속 함량은 독성 원소들의 주오염원으로 생각되는 본 갱의 광미적치장 주변 하천수 시료에서 가장 높은 수준을 나타내었고, 하류로 가면서 희석 효과에 의해서 그 함량이 점차 감소하는 경향을 나타내고 있다. 광미와 토양을 대상으로 연속추출분석을 한 결과, 비잔류상 형태의 존재비율이 높게 나타났는데 이는 계속적인 풍화와 산화에 의한 오염을 지시한다. 그리고 Cd과 Zn는 대상 지역 대부분에서 높은 이동도를 나타내고 있다. 밭토양을 대상으로 SBET분석에 의한 중금속 원소들의 생체흡수도 평가 결과, $Cd(55.3\%),\;Cu(46.5\%),\;Zn(41.0\%),\;As(37.0\%)$로 나타났다. 밭토양(S3) 시료는 중금속 원소들의 총 함량과 생체흡수도 모두 가장 높은 함량을 나타내었다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2003년도 추계학술발표회
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• pp.409-412
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• 2003

Total extraction of stream sediments in the Kwangyang mine area shows their significant pollution with most trace metals such as Cr, Co, Fe, Pb, Cu, Ni, Zn and Cd, due to sulfide oxidation in waste dumps. Calculations of enrichment factor shows that Chonam-ri creek sediments are more severely contaminated than Sagok-ri sediments. Using the weak acid (0.1N HCl) extraction and sequential extraction techniques, the transport and sediment-water partitioning of heavy metals in mine drainage were examined for contaminated sediments in the Chonam-ri and Sagok-ri creeks of the Kwangyang Au-Ag mine area. Calculated distribution coefficient (Kd) generally decreases in the order of Pb $\geq$Al > Cu > Mn > Zn > Co > Ni $\geq$ Cd. Sequential extraction of Chonam-ri creek sediments shows that among non-residual fractions the Fe-Mn oxide fraction is most abundant for most of the metals. This indicates that precipitation of Fe hydroxides plays an important role in regulating heavy metal concentrations in water, as shown by field observations.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.6-13
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• 2015

폐금속광산 주변 토양의 중금속 오염특성을 평가하기 위하여 광산 하류에 위치한 논토양을 대상으로 중금속 오염지수, 부화계수 및 지화학적 농축계수를 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 광산 하류 논토양의 중금속 전함량 평균치는 Cd 8.88, Cu 56.7, Pb 809, Zn 754 및 As 37.9 mg/kg이었고, 중금속 중에서 Cd, Pb 및 Zn 평균함량은 우리나라 농경지의 토양오염 우려기준(Cd 4, Pb 200, Zn 300 mg/kg)을 초과하였다. 토양의 전함량에 대한 0.1M HCl 침출성의 함량비율은 Pb 35.1, Cd 27.7, Cu 21.3, Zn 13.8 및 As 10.5% (1M HCl) 순으로 나타났다. 토양 내 중금속의 오염지수 평균치는 3.21, 범위는 0.42~11.92로 나타나 심하게 오염된 상태임을 알수 있었다. 토양의 중금속별 부화계수(EFc) 평균 값은 Cd>Pb>Zn>As>Cu 순으로 높았고, 채취 지점간 편차가 큰 것을 알수 있었다. 토양 중금속별 지화학적 농축계수(Igeo) 평균치는 Cd>Pb>Zn>Cu>As 순으로 높았으며, 특히 Cd, Pb 및 Zn의 Igeo 평균 값이 각각 3.10, 2.64, 2.49로 나타나 다른 성분보다 상대적으로 높게 나타났다.

• 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지구물리탐사학회 2003년도 Proceedings of the international symposium on the fusion technology
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• pp.529-531
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• 2003

In order to investigate the level of heavy metal contamination and the seasonal variation of metal concentrations in soils and sediments influenced by past mining activities, tailings, soil and sediment samples were collected from the Hwacheon mine in Korea. The main pollution sources in this mine site are suggested as tailings and mine waste rocks. Elevated levels of Cd, Pb and Zn were found in soils and sediments. In a study of seasonal variation on the heavy metals in soils and sediments, heavy metals were higher enriched collected from before rainy season ($2^{nd}$ sampling) than after rainy season ($1^{st}$ sampling). Also, in order to estimate the microbial effects on Cd speciation in sediments, bacteria which can adsorb Cd was isolated and Cd adsorption characteristics of isolated bacteria in Cd solution was evaluated. The Cd bioremoval efficiency in Cd solution (5 ppm) by bacteria was more than $90\%$. Bioremoval efficiency in single metal solution was higher than that in mixed metal solution of Pb and Zn.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2004년도 임시총회 및 추계학술발표회
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• pp.235-240
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• 2004

This study is to study accumulation of the heavy metals by riparian vegetation throughout analysis of the heavy metal concentration in riparian vegetation, water, and sediment near mine drainage. According to analyzing concentration of the heavy metals in riparian vegetation, water, and sediment, the heavy metal was indicated at the leaf significantly. Compared with the concentration of sediment soil, the maximum concentration of the As, Cd, CN, Pb, Zn was higher 2.6, 2.6, 2.5, non-detect, and 1.5 times in leaf, Also those concentration have 9.6, 16.6, 2.5, 1.6, and 2.5 times in root. As the results, the author can know the sediment has a very relative to vegetation in mine drainage, because the increasing of concentration of heavy metal in sediment gives the more accumulative concentration of heavy metal in vegetation. Compared with the concentration of contaminated site and non-contaminated site. As, Cd, CN, Pb, Zn the maximum concentration in sediment soil was higher 5.7, 258.1, 10.9, 370.0, and 298.3 times respectively. In case of vegetation, the maximum concentration of the As, Cd, CN, Pb, Zn was higher 5.6, 62.3, 5.0, non-detect, and 30.6 times in leaf. Also those concentration have 8.5, 63.3, 2.6, 60.7, and 62.1 times in root. In this study, the author can surmise that there indicated a lot of adsorption with the heavy metal concentration in contaminated mine drainage.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2005년도 총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.363-370
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• 2005

There are approximately 2,000 metallic mines which have been abandoned in Korea. Most of the mines are located in the watershed area, which is main source of drinking water for Seoul Metropolitan area. Untreated mining wastes are remained around abandoned mines in study area. These mining wastes, flowing into farmland and stream in the downstream of abandoned mines, would cause water and soil pollution. The mining waste samples from Guedo mine, Manjung mine and Joil mine recently abandoned were collected for the evaluation of the potential of water pollution by mine waste. Index of geoaccumulation($M\"{u}ller$, 1979), fractional composition and removal efficiency of some heavy metals by different concentration of HCl treatment were analyzed. Index of geoaccumulation of Cd, Pb, Zn, Cu, Ni and Cr are 6, $4{\sim}6,\;0{\sim}6,\;4{\sim}5$, 2 and 0 respectively. Index of geoaccumulation of Cd, Pb, Zn and Cu reveals the mining wastes has high pollution pottential in the area. Organic fraction of Cu, reducible fraction of Pb, residual fraction of Ni and Zn were the most abundant fraction of heavy metals in mining wastes.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.209-222
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• 1997

The Hoenam area, up the Taecheong lake, composed mainly of low grade coal-bearing metapelites within the Ogcheon Supergroup. These coal formations are developed discontinuously several hundred meters and swelling from 10 to 300 cm along the host metapelites. Although the formations have been mined for coal, but already mined out, and the formations were higher content (mean value of 42 samples) of environmental toxic elements as As (13 ppm). Ba (1.81 wt. %), Cd (2 ppm), Cr (188 ppm), Cu (87 ppm), Mo (214 ppm), Pb (25 ppm), Sb (3 ppm), Se (12 ppm), U (55 ppm), V (2124 ppm) and Zn (234 ppm) than the host metapelites and the NASC. The Al, Ti, Mg, K and Na contents in stream sediments derived from the Hando and Bugook mine area were highly concentrations than the samples from the Samseongjeil mine area. The mean value (wt. %) of Fe (10.07), Mn (0.15), Ca (0.84), P (0.18) and Ba (0.77) influenced by the Samseongjeil mine were higher than the other mine drainage sediments. The mean content (ppm) of environmental toxic elements in drainage sediments from the Samseongjeil mine were taken As (2083), Cu (447), Mo (202), Ni (720), Pb (42), U (250), V (1070) and Zn (2632), which are extremely high concentrations against NASC and EPA. Characteristics of elemental behavior and dispersion of the all toxic elements are the same as increased with increasing U, V, and Cu. Rare earth elements in the sediments are enriched with LREE (La, Ce and Nd) from the drainage on strong concentration of toxic elements. The pH of stream water is neutral, but pH of the sediments ranged from 4.92 to 6.93 (mean 6.22), those are slightly acid in the Hando mine area. Major elements in the host rocks at the Hoenam area are mostly depleted especially Ca, excepting Ti and Ba, normalized with NASC. The sediments were highly enriched of Ti, Fe, Mg, Mn and Ba, but depleted of Al, K, Ca, Na and P on the basis of host rocks and NASC. Minor and environmental toxic elements in the host rocks were strongly enriched all elements (As, Cd, Mo, Se, D, V and Zn), excepting Co, Ni and Sr. Enrichment index (mean value) about toxic elements (As, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb and Zn) of the sediments in this area have taken 41.35 (Hando mine drainage; 2.73, Samseongjeil mine drainage; 113.14 and Bugook mine drainage; 8.19), those are seriously contaminated by environmental toxic elements.