• 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.

• 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지구물리탐사학회 2003년도 Proceedings of the international symposium on the fusion technology
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• pp.515-517
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• 2003

In order to assess the risk of adverse health effects on human exposure to arsenic and heavy metals influenced by past mining activities, environmental geochemical surveys were undertaken in the abandoned metal mine areas (Dongil Au-Ag-Cu-Zn, Okdong Cu-Pb-Zn, Songcheon Au-Ag, Dongjung Au-Ag-Pb-Zn, Dokok Au-Ag-Cu and Hwacheon Au-Ag-Pb-Zn mines). Arsenic and other heavy metals were highly elevated in the tailings from the Dongil, the Songcheon and the Dongjung mines. High concentrations of heavy metals except As were also found in tailings from the Okdong, the Dokok and the Hwacheon mines. These significant concentrations can impact on soils and waters around the tailing dumps. Risk compounds deriving from mine sites either constitute a toxic risk or a carcinogenic risk. The hazard index (H.I.) of As in the Dongil, the Okdong, the Songcheon and the Hwacheon mine areas was higher value more than 1.0. In the Okdong and the Songcheon mine areas, H.I. value of Cd exceeded 1.0. These values of As and Cd were the highest in the Songcheon mine area. Therefore, toxic risks for As and Cd exist via exposure (ingestion) of contaminated soil, groundwater and rice grain in these mine areas. The cancer risk for As in stream or ground water used for drinking water from the Songcheon, the Dongil, the Okdong, the Dongjung and the Hwacheon mine areas was 3E-3, 8E-4, 7E-4, 2E-4 and 1E-4, respectively.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.123-135
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• 1997

In order to investigate the dispersion patterns and contamination level of heavy metals in the soil-ecosystem and to evaluate the efficiency of soil remediation by reversed soil method, soils and plants were collected from the Dongjin Au-Ag-Cu mine area and analysed for heavy metals. The dispersion patterns of heavy metals in soils and plants show that heavy metal pollutions caused by waste rump around Dongjin mine are mainly found in the vicinity of the waste rump and in the southward slanting of mine. Toxic metallic pollutants from the mine influence heavy metal contents in paddy soils in downstream area, and may be a potential sources of heavy metal pollution on crop plants. Soil samples collected from the remediated rice farming field by reversed method show similar levels of heavy metal content to those from the polluted rice farming field, but topsoil enrichment of heavy metals are not found. Heavy metal contents of the rice plants collected from remediated rice farming field are significantly lower than those from polluted rice farming field, and it suggests that the reversed soil method is effective for the reduction of bioavailability of heavy metals.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.73-82
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• 1999

The objectives of this study are to investigate soil contamination in the vicinity of abandoned Au-Ag mine and to apply a remediation technique of liming to tailings. In the study area of the Imcheon Au-Ag mine, soils were sampled in and around the mine the analyzed by Atomic Absorption Spectrometry extracted by both 0.1N HCl and aqua regia. Elevated levels of Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn concentrations extracted by 0.1N HCl were found in soils taken from tailings site. These high contents directly influenced metal concentrations in soils taken in the vicinity of the site. This is mainly due to clastic movement by wind and effluent of mine waste water. In addition, relatively enriched concentrations of the metals were found in soils extrated by aqua regia due to strong decomposition of the samples compared with 0.1N HCl extration. According to the statistical approach, metal concentrations in soils by 0.1N HCl had a positive correlation with those by aqua regia extraction. Mine waste waters and stream waters were also sampled around the mine in spring and summer and analyzed by AAS for Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn, and by Ion Chromatography for anions. Like soils developed over tailings, significant levels of metals and sulphates were found in the mine waste waters ranging of 0.2~0.3, 0.5~2.0, 0.2~2.8, 30~50 and 1,240~4,700 mg/l of Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn and $SO_4^{2-}$, respectively. These elevated levels influenced in the stream waters in the vicinity of the tailings site. In seasonal variation of metal and anion contents, relatively high levels were found in waters sampled on summer due to leaching the metals and anions from tailings by rain. This study also examined the possibility of lime treatment for remediation of acid mine tailings and assumed to be 46 tones of pulverized lime for neutralization of the tailings.

• 한국농림기상학회지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.265-273
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 폐탄광 주변 산림의 복원을 위한 기초자료를 제공하고자 경북 문경지역에 위치한 폐탄광 중 4개의 광산을 대상으로 산림토양의 화학적 특성과 중금속 오염현황을 i.자한 결과를 보고한다 폐탄광지 산림토양의 pH는 $5.30\~6.76$의 범위에 있었으며, 대조구 지역의 토양 pH는 5.23이었다. 폐탄광지역의 산림토양 중 유기물과 전질소 함량은 각각 $4.46\~7.19\%,\;0.07\~0.15\%$의 범위에 있는 것으로 조사되었다. 평균 유효인산 함량은 삼창탄광 6.54, 봉명탄광 6.52, 갑정탄광 3.94, 단봉탄광 5.45 그리고 대조구 5.25mg/kg으로 토양 pH와 정의 상관을 가지는 것으로 나타났다. 폐탄광지역의 치환성양이온 평균 함량은 Ca 196.1, Mg 88.7, K 88.2 그리고 Na $10.2cmol^+/kg$로 나타났으며, 그 범위는 Ca $132.1\~242.1,\;Mg 24.2\~138.6,\;K 64.9\~120.8$ 그리고 Na $8\~12.2cmol^+/kg$에 있는 것으로 조사되었다 대조구 지역의 Ca, Mg, K, Na의 평균 함량은 각각 192.8, 95.8, 104 and $21.2 cmol^+/kg$로 조사되었다. 폐탄광지 산림토양의 중금속(Al, As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, Zn) 함량은 대조구 산림토양보다 높은 것으로 분석되었다. 특히, Al, Mn 그리고 Pb의 함량은 대조구에 비해 폐탄광지가 아주 높은 것으로 나타났다. 폐탄광지 산림토양의 Al함량은 $397\~917 ppm$으로 나타나 식물생육에 영향을 미칠 수 있을 것으로 추정된다 그러므로 과거 석탄채굴이 활발하게 이루어졌던 폐탄광지에 대해서는 환경문제를 최소화하기 위하여 산림토양을 대상으로 한 적절한 관리가 필요할 것으로 추정된다.

• 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지구물리탐사학회 2003년도 Proceedings of the international symposium on the fusion technology
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• pp.536-539
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• 2003

The Dongjung Au-Ag-Cu mine area was seriously contaminated with As and heavy metals-Cd, Cu, Hg, Mn, Pb and Zn etc. Those elements were highly accumulated in plants grown at farmland as well as farmland soil. Stream waters and groundwater which has been used as drinking water around the mine site contain high levels of heavy metals, especially As. As a result of human health risk assessment using EHS(Extraction of Heavy metals in Stomach and Small intestine) test for bioaccessible contents of heavy metals, there is a potential of cancer and adverse effects on human health for the residents of the mine area.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.221-227
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• 2013

A risk assessment of environmental media was performed for the inhabitants in the area of the abandoned Nokdong metal mine. Soil, groundwater, and crop samples were collected from September to October 2008 around the mine. After pretreatment of these samples, metal concentrations were measured, and a risk assessment was performed using the Korean soil-contamination risk assessment guidelines. Lead (Pb) and arsenic (As) intake rates were the highest for inhalation of soil dust. The cancer risks from ingestion of As-contaminated groundwater, inhalation of As-, Cd-, and Pb-contaminated soils, and contact of As-contaminated soils exceeded the acceptable risk. The sum of all carcinogenic risks was $9.29{\times}10^{-3}$. The non-carcinogenic risk was highest for ingestion of As-contaminated water (11.0), followed, in descending order, by inhalation of Hg-contaminated soil and ingestion of Pb-contaminated water. Most of the risks were associated with As, Cd, Pb, and Hg contamination, and therefore, these metals were considered to be potential toxic carcinogens and non-carcinogens for humans in this area. In this study, the non-carcinogenic risks of ingestion of contaminated water or crops, as well as those associated with the inhalation of soil dust were observed.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.95-105
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• 2011

Total extraction method and environmental standards for heavy metals in soils were revised in regulation recently. In case of Area 3, as the law amended, the soil pollution level has gone up to 4 to 13 times higher depending on the type of heavy metal. In this study, it compares the properties of heavy metals of soil by sequential extraction and total extraction methods depending on the analysis method, using the soil around mine. In case of arsenic, the soil pollution level has gone up to 4 times higher, but 6 to 10 times in the sample soil. Also, according to the results of portability evaluation depending on the type of existence form of heavy metal it exists as residual form in mine waste rock, which is less likely to move, while it exists as migrated form in tailing. Therefore, it should be considered to evaluate the soil pollution and decide the contaminated bounds depending on the existence form of heavy metals on soil to restore the polluted soil.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.5-11
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• 2010

폐광산 주변의 광미장, 폐석더미로 인해 주변 지역의 토양 및 농작물들은 중금속으로 오염 될 수 있다. 본 연구는 주변토양 용도별, 농작물 재배품목별, 광산과의 이격거리별로 분류하여 광산 주변 중금속 오염실태조사를 수행하였다. 갱구인근 지역에서 Zn와 Pb이 토양오염기준치를 초과하였으며 다른 지역에 비해 광미장 지역과 논 경작지 토양의 중금속농도가 비교적 높은 것으로 나타났다. 광산과의 이격거리에 따른 중금속 농도는 갱구에서 거리가 멀어질수록 점차 감소하였다. 토양과 쌀 시료의 중금속 상관관계는 As와 Cd이 상관관계성이 있는 것으로 나타났으나 다른 중금속들은 관계성이 없는 것으로 조사되었다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.121-131
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• 2004

비소로 오염된 고로폐광산 주변 농경지 토양과 하천 퇴적토에 대하여, 토양 정밀조사를 통하여 규명된 오염 면적과 오염 지도를 바탕으로 복원 공정 설계를 실시하였다. 실내 실험을 통하여 오염 농경지 토양에 대하여는 석회를 첨가한 토양 안정화 공법의 처리 효율을 검증하였으며, 오염 하천 퇴적토에 대하여는 토양 세척법의 처리 효율을 규명하였다. 비수몰지역의 오염 농경지 토양의 복원 효율을 규명하기 위하여, 비소 농도가 다른 폐광산 주변 농경지 오염 토양 4종류에 대하여 비소 용출률 배치 실험을 실시한 결과, 석회를 혼합한 토양의 비소 용출이 오염 토양을 그대로 이용한 경우보다 평균 5배 이하로 감소하였다. 댐 건설 후 수몰되는 지역에서 저수지 바닥으로부터 저수지 수계로 용출되어지는 비소의 용출률을 예측하고, 석회를 첨가한 복토를 실시한 경우 저수지 바닥에서 용출되는 비소의 용출률 감소를 규명하기 위하여 아크릴 칼럼(지름 18.9cm, 높이 30cm)을 이용하여 저수지 바닥에서의 비소 용출 모의 실험하였다. 실험 결과 복토를 실시하지 않은 오염 토양에서의 비소 용출률은 연간 약 3.05∼3.89%를 나타내었으며, 석회 1%를 혼합하여 복토한 경우 저수지 바닥으로부터 비소 용출률은 연간 0.11∼0.05%를 나타내어 석회를 혼합한 복토처리 시 저수지 바닥에서 수계로의 비소 용출은 약 40배 이상 감소 할 수 있는 것으로 나타나, 수몰된 농경지 복원에 매우 적절한 방법으로 사용될 수 있을 것으로 판단되었다. 토양 세척법을 이용하여 하천 퇴적토를 복원하는 경우, 세척 효율을 규명하기 위하여 하천 퇴적토 3종류에 대하여 초산, 구연산, 염산 각 0.01, 0.05, 0.1, 0.5, 1.0N 수용액과 증류수에 대하여 각각 토양 세척 효율 배치 실험을 실시하였다. 실험 결과 염산과 구연산 용액으로 세척하는 경우 0.05 N에서 한 시료를 제외하고는 비소에 대하여 99.9% 이상의 제거 효과를 나타내었다. 결론적으로 비소로 오염된 하천 퇴적토는 적절한 세정용액을 이용한 세척과정에 의해서 충분히 제거 될 수 있는 것으로 나타나, 기존 오염 퇴적토 내 비소의 90% 이상을 효과적으로 제거할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다. 오염 지도에 근거하여 산출된 복원 물량에 대하여 토양세척법을 이용하는 경우 복원 비용을 산출하였으며, 이와 같은 자료는 고로폐광산 주변 오염 토양에 대한 실제 복원 공정의 설계에 중요한 자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.