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Seasonal Variations of Hamo and Hyeopjae Beach Sediments in the Western Part of Jeju Island (제주도 서부 하모와 협재 해빈 퇴적물의 계절 변화)

  • Youn, Jeung-Su;Kim, Tae-Joung
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.265-275
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    • 2011
  • The Hamo and Hyeopjae beaches in the western part of Jeju Island were studied in terms of seasonal variations of surface sediment and beach profile. Seasonal drift direction of the beach sands also was investigated. The Hamo beach of $7.3^{\circ}-10.8^{\circ}$ steep is composed of medium sand containing volcanic clasts and shell fragments. The Hyeopjae beach of $2.8^{\circ}-6.5^{\circ}$ steep is composed of coarse shelly sand. Hamo beach deformation is probably caused by the jetties constructed in the western part of the beach. In the Hyeopjae beach, surface sands were drifted into the dune side by the northwestern stormy wind during winter season.

Halacaridae (Acari) from Thailand: One New and Two Known Species of the Genus Copidognathus Trouessart

  • Chatterjee, Tapas;Chang, Cheon-Young
    • Animal cells and systems
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.201-206
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    • 2002
  • Three halacarid species belonging to the genus Copidognathus are recorded from the shallow subtidal sands at Ko Taenae Islet (sand dune) off Ko Pha-Ngan Island, Thailand: Copidognathus thailandicus n. sp., C. euryalus Bartsch, 1997 and C. orarius Otto, 2001. Copidognathus thailandicus n. sp. comes close with C. cribrosoma (Police, 1909) and C. cribellus Bartsch, 1993 due to dorsal plates completely covered with rosette pores. Dissimilarities among them are discussed. Copidognathus euryalus and C. orarius are recorded hove for the first time from Thailand and away from its type locality. The present paper is also the first contribution on the taxonomy of Halacaridae (Acari) from Thailand.

Sedimentary Characteristics and Depositional Ages of Paleo-sand Dunes in Gaeul-ri, Baengnyeongdo Island (백령도 가을리에 분포하는 고(古)해안사구층의 특성과 형성 시기)

  • Shin, Won Jeong;Kim, Jong Yeon;Lee, Jae Ho
    • Journal of The Geomorphological Association of Korea
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.47-64
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    • 2020
  • The Baengnyeongdo-island, located at the northernmost point of the west coast, has developed several coastal landforms. Although the coastal landforms of Baengnyeongdo-island are widely used as a tourism resource, a lot of academic research has not been conducted. In this study, particle size analysis, XRF, and OSL age dating were performed on the BR sandy deposits to find out the formation of coastal sand dunes on Baengnyeongdo-island. Based on the physicochemical properties, the BR section was divided into three parts; BR-A, BR-B and BR-C. First, about 56ka, which corresponds to the MIS 3, fine sand was deposited and forms the BR-C section. Second, the BR-B which located middle part of BR section, showed reversed age stratigraphy. The BR-B was interpreted as reworked sediments based on sedimentary facies and chemical weathering intensity. And, the BR-A composed of fine and medium sands was formed in middle Holocene. This research has significance in that it finds out the paleo sand dunes formed in Pleistocene. This study can contribute to understanding coastal sand dune development on the west coast.

Late Quaternary Stratigraphy and Depositional Environment of the Coastal Sediments along Moonamni, Kangwon Province, Korea (강원도 동해안 문암리 해안지층의 제4기 후기 퇴적층서화 환경)

  • 박용안;김수정
    • The Korean Journal of Quaternary Research
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.29-35
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    • 2001
  • The coastal deposits along Moonamni, Kangwon Province, Korea have been investigated by using deeply cored sediments(down to the basement rocks : Pre-Cambrian metamorphic rocks and granitic rocks) in order to understand and propose the late Quaternary stratigraphy and related major unconformities. Three major stratigraphic -depositional units are proposed. The neolithic cultural sites in the Moonamni area are considered as middle Holocene coastal dunes, which were developed due to active supply of beach sands from Unit I(Holocene transgressive deposit). Such coastal dune sediments are characteristic in the upper part of Unit I(Holocene in age). So far, Unit II and Unit III are considered as continental deposits, such as fluvial-swamp and alluvial deposit, respectively.

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Seasonal Variations of Iho and Hamdeok Beach Sediments in the Jeju Island, Korea (제주도 이호.함덕 해빈퇴적물의 계절적 변화에 관한 연구)

  • Youn, Jeung-Su;Park, Yong-Seung;Kim, Tae-Joung;Park, Sang-Woon
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.41 no.2
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    • pp.243-252
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    • 2008
  • The Iho and Hamdeok beaches, the major coastal beaches in Jeju Island, have been studied through size analysis and using an experimental extension pole and sediment trap in beach profile, in order to understand their textural characteristics, migration patterns, and seasonal change in beach geometry. The Iho beach is composed of coarse and medium sands, 590 m in total length. The foreshore slope is 12.3$^{\circ}$ in summer and 10.8$^{\circ}$ in winter, which shows more steeper in summer. The Hamdeok beach consisting mostly of shell fragments is 950 m long, $5.7{\sim}7.4^{\circ}$ steep and 97.4${\sim}$114.5 m wide, respectively. The suspended load drift concentrations in the studied beaches showed 4.5 mg/l during the period of summer and 33.2 mg/l in winter, and those of fine-grained sediments are derived mostly from the marine of northeastward direction. The typical beach transformation of the Iho beach is resulting from the construction of jetties in the west side that built up the sand inside the jetties, whereas the erosion is occurring on the east side of beach. The center and berm sides of the sand in the Hamdeok beach drift into the dune side during the period of the stormy winter season.