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A Landform Survey in Transborder Region Using the RS Data - In case of Goseong Region, Kangwon Province - (원격탐사자료를 활용한 접경지역 지형조사 - 강원도 고성군 송현리 일대를 사례로 -)

  • Seo, Jong-Cheol;Park, Kyeong
    • Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.385-394
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    • 2003
  • Authors tried to classify landforms of civilian-restricted trans-border coastal region of the East Sea by using both field survey and remote sensing data including IKONOS images and digital maps. As a result, authors can draw the boundaries of landform units on satellite images and classify landforms effectively. Typical landforms of undisturbed depositional coastal area such as coastal sand dune, sand bar, lagoons, and tombolo are found within the study area. Also, riverine wetlands and estuarine wetlands are readily discernable on both satellite image and field survey. Even though landforms within the study area are relatively small, they are so dynamically connected that their preservation value is very high.

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Environmental Changes Due to Planting Pine Trees on the Coastal Dunes Along the East Coast of Korea - Case Study of Osan Beach in Yangyang-gun - (곰솔 조림으로 인한 동해안 사구의 환경변화 - 양양군 오산해변을 사례로 -)

  • Choi, Kwang Hee;Kong, Hak-Yang
    • Journal of The Geomorphological Association of Korea
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.21-31
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    • 2020
  • Planting pine trees on the coastal dunes has been carried out along the East coast as well as West coast of South Korea. Although the artificial forestation has been regarded as a good policy that help to protect the coastal area from natural disasters, but its real effect to the landscapes is still unknown. In this study, we have installed a monitoring site with an automated weather station to study requirements for dune formation and its environmental changes in Osan beach, Yangyang-Gun, Gangwon Province. We analyzed the meteorological data collected from 2010 to 2019 and vegetational changes in the study area. As a result, the wind speed is decreased by around 30% and the pine-covered area is increased by around 300m2 after planting Japanese Black Pine in 2015. At present, it seems that the eolian transport of sand particle is minimal, because the dominant winds are the westerly winds which is not landward but seaward, and because the surface roughness length is about 0.5m which is similar to that in the deciduous forest.

Study on the Naturalized Plant Management Applying the Growth and Physiological Characteristics Responses in Coastal Sand Dune (해안사구에서 생장 및 생리적 특성을 적용한 귀화식물 관리방안)

  • Kim, Nang-Hee;Lee, Seon-Mi;Myeong, Hyeon-Ho
    • Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.48 no.1
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    • pp.32-37
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    • 2015
  • Naturalized plants are invaded through various routes and distributed throughout the nation. They are also invaded in the sand dune ecosystem and poses a threat ecological niche of indigenous sand dune plants. We studied the effects of salt stress on the plant growth to suggest the management plans of naturalized plants in the sand dune ecosystem. As a result of germination experiment according to the salt gradient, germination rate decreased as the higher concentration and tolerance range was up to 160 mM. As a result of seedling experiment according to salt gradient, mortality rate was up to 90% from 0 mM to 200 mM and 100% over 300 mM. The day of first death with different concentration was 18.5 days in 100 mM and 6 days in 800 mM since the experiment has started. In addition, the day of last death with different concentration was 29.5 days in 100 mM and 6 days in 800 mM. Therefore, two stages of management plans would be effective. The first one is to suppress the germination by salt spray over 170 mM before germination. The other one is to wither seedlings in a short period by salt spray over 600 mM.

A Study on the Distribution and Changes of Sand Dune at the Lower Reach of Duman River, North Korea (두만강 하류 사구의 분포와 변화에 관한 연구)

  • Lee Min-Boo;Kim Nam-Shin;Lee Gwang-Ryul;Han Uk;Jin, Shizhu
    • Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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    • v.41 no.3 s.114
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    • pp.331-345
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    • 2006
  • This study deals with geomorphological process of the sand dune landform including the distribution and surface environments, characteristics of sediments, origins and moving processes in lower reach and mouth delta of Duman River, Northeast Korea and China. The methodology of the study includes image analysis of Landsat TM(1992.10) and ETM(2000.9) and Spot(2005.4) for analysis of land cover, 2 times field survey for recognition of landform and acquisition of sediments raw data materials, and grain analysis and exoscopy about raw data materials. The geomorphic elements from satellite image analysis are composed of the delta, sand spit, active and stable dune, sand bar and riparian vegetated zone. Results of the grain analysis indicate the sediments originated from marine coastal zone than riverine one. This means that present sand dune not so much reflect present climatic and geomorphic environments. Result of the exoscopy analysis show that ratio of quartz, which is comparatively resistant to environment, is highest as $65{\sim}83%$ out of sediments. But the surface of the $30{\sim}40%$ of mineral grains was coated by yellow-colored stained materials, due to chemical weathering. Some grains show rough skin, looking as acicular, network structure and etching pits, affected by physical and chemical weathering.

Studies on the Characteristics of Growth of Pinus thunbergii planted in a Costal Sand Zone (해안방재림 조성지에 식재한 해송의 생장 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Hyun-Phil;Lee, Heon-Ho;Lee, Ju-Hyoung
    • Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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    • v.101 no.4
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    • pp.656-662
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    • 2012
  • This study has been undertaken to research the characteristics of growth of Pinus thunbergii Parl., which were planted in Uljin-gun, Gyeongbuk, Coast Disaster Prevention Forest. The total amount of 3600 trees of 9 sand dune stabilizing hedges were monitored in the past 4 years. The relationship between tree growth with environmental factors such as wind speed, soil conditions and sand-accumulation fences has been compared and investigated. To increase the growth increment of coastal disaster prevention forests, the development of sand-accumulating fences is the most important factor in controlling wind speed effectively. The monitoring for the maximizing wind-break effect of the sand-accumulating fences should be investigated when building coastal disaster prevention forests.

Ecological Studies on the Coastal Plants in Korea -On the Sand Duen Vegetation of the Western Coast- (韓國海岸植物의 生態學的 硏究 - 西海岸의 沙丘植生에 關하여 -)

  • Lee,Woo Tchul;Sang-Keun Chon
    • The Korean Journal of Ecology
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.74-84
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    • 1983
  • The dominant species of the sand vegetation in the western coast of Korea were Carex pumila, Ischaemum antheporoides, Calystegia soldanella, Carex kobomugi and Imperata cylindrica var. koenigii. The salt content of the sand dune soil and of the atmosphere of surveyed areas ranged from 3.93 to 13.86 mg% and from 25.81 to 168.86mg% respectively. Between the salt content of the atmosphere and that of the soil positive relationship was found. Species density and Simpson's index increased with the distance from the coast, the former was exponential, however, the latter was linear. The composition of biological types in the investigated stands were H-D4-R1-3-e or H-D4-R1-3-t. Relative numbers of psammophytes and rhizome psammophytes decreased with the distance from the coast, but those of other plants increased. The standing crop of the sand dune vegetation ranged from 0.04 to 491.64g/m2 and the average 27.77g/m2. This was varied as the stands and showed a linear increment as the distance from the coast was increased. The salt content of atmosphere significantly affected the density, T/R ratio in the standing crop and Simpson's index. The salt content of soil showed similar tendency on the density and the T/R ratio.

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Geomorphological Properties and Changes of Goreabul Sand Beach in Yeongdeok (영덕 고래불 모래해안의 지형 특성과 변화)

  • Bang, Hyun Ju;Lee, Gwang-Ryul
    • Journal of The Geomorphological Association of Korea
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.83-92
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    • 2011
  • The properties and changes of geomorphic relief and coastal deposits were analyzed at Goreabul sand beach in Yeongdeok-gun, the largest that in east coast of Kyungsangbuk-do Province. As the result of grain size analysis, in almost season except summer, the sands mainly deposited in Goraebul sand beach because longshore current drift northward contrary to Gangwon-do east coast, and summer longshore current is weak or change direction to south ward. Sand beach mostly came form erosion owing to typoon and storm and was deposit more coarse sand in the summer, and was produced deposition actively in the fall and winter. Front side of sand dune came from deposition on sand every season by sea breeze, especially in the winter.

An Assessment of the Conservation Status for Coastal Sand Dunes in Incheon: Focused on the Jung gu, Ongjin gun in Incheon (인천광역시 연안 해안사구 보전현황 평가 연구: 중구, 옹진군을 중심으로)

  • Park, KyoungMoon;Kim, SungWoo;An, TaeSun
    • Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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    • v.51 no.3
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    • pp.345-365
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    • 2016
  • This paper is a research that investigated the distribution and status of coastal sand dunes spread along the shoreline of Ongjin-gun, Jung-gu in Incheon and evaluated their conservation status. In Incheon, the length of coastline along the West Sea shoreline is 1,053km. thus leading to an assumption that coastal sand dunes are dispersed their as many as other regional local government. However, there are no enough basic data on the distribution, characteristics, and the management status of other areas besides the 5 places on the list by the Ministry of Environment. Considering this fact, this paper additionally drew 21 coastal sand dunes in the shoreline of Incheon, including the 5 places on the list by the Ministry of Environment, through the standard of coastal sandhill selection. The additionally selected aimed to propose how to develop basic materials on the conservation status of coastal sandhills in Incheon through characteristic analysis by sandhill and qualitative evaluation.

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Seasonal Patterns of Sediment Supply to Coastal Foredune of Seungbong Island, Korea

  • Woo, Han-Jun;Seo, Jong-Chul;Kweon, Su-Jae;Je, Jong-Geel
    • Ocean and Polar Research
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.39-45
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    • 2002
  • The seasonal patterns of sediment supply were investigated during the period of June 1999 to June 2000 on a coastal foredune of Seungbong Island, Korea. Sediment supply was determined from measurements of geomorphic changes in the foredune and beach along six lines. Most sands were deposited on the dunefoot and foredune area during the winter and spring, from November to April. The largest amount of sands was deposited along the lines 5 and 6 near the sea-dike in the southern tip of the dune area. In general, the sand on the beach was gradually eroded in spring, summer and fall but deposited in winter. Total sediment accumulation over the study period was $484m^3$ for the foredune and $345m^3$ for the beach. The volume of the foredune increased in the winter and spring, whereas the volume of beach increased in the winter. Variation in sediment deposition appears to be controlled primarily by variations in the seasonal wind regime.