• 지질공학
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.161-169
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• 2014

We present the results of an experimental physical weathering study that focuses on fresh and slightly weathered gneiss samples from the Wonju area of Korea. The study investigated changes in the physico-mechanical properties of these samples during accelerated laboratory-based weathering, including analyses of microfracture formation. The deteriorated samples used in the study were subjected to 100-150 freeze-thaw cycles, with index properties and microfracture geometries measured between each cycle. Each complete freeze-thaw cycle lasted 24 hours, and consisted of 2 hours of saturation in a vacuum chamber, 8 hours of freezing at $-21^{\circ}C{\pm}1^{\circ}C$, and 14 hours of thawing at room temperature. Specific gravity and seismic velocity values were negatively correlated with the number of freeze-thaw cycles, whereas absorption values tended to increase. The amount of deterioration of the rock samples was dependent on the degree of weathering of the rock prior to the start of the analysis. Absorption, specific gravity, and seismic velocity values can be used to infer the amount of physical weathering experienced by a gneiss in the study area. The sizes and density of microfracture in the rock specimens varied with the number of freeze-thaw cycles. We found that box fractal dimensions can be used to quantify the formation and propagation of microfracture in the samples. In addition, these box fractal dimensions can be used as a weathering index for the mid-and long-term prediction of rock weathering. The present results indicate that accelerated-weathering analysis can provide a detailed overview of the weathering characteristics of deteriorated rocks.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.529-540
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• 2020

Water inrush is a major hazard for mining and excavation in deep coal seams or rock masses. It can be attributed to the coalescence of rock fractures in rock mass due to the interaction of fractures, hydraulic flow and stress field. One of the key technical challenges is to understand the course and mechanism of fluid flows in rock joint networks and fracture propagation and hence to take measures to prevent the formation of water inrush channels caused by possible rock fracturing. Several case observations of fluid flowing in rock joint networks and coupled fracture propagation in underground coal roadways are shown in this paper. A number of numerical simulations were done using the recently developed flow coupling function in FRACOD which simulates explicitly the fracture initiation and propagation process. The study has demonstrated that the shortest path between the inlet and outlet in joint networks will become a larger fluid flow channel and those fractures nearest to the water source and the working faces become the main channel of water inrush. The fractures deeper into the rib are mostly caused by shearing, and slipping fractures coalesce with the joint, which connects the water source and eventually forming a water inrush channel.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.365-380
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• 2021

본 연구의 목적은 암석 판별 탐구에서 중학교 영재학생들의 과학적 관찰과 추론의 특징을 탐색하기 위함이었다. 이를 위하여 영재교육원에 다니는 19명의 중학교 1학년 학생들에게 과학 교과서에서 중요하게 다루는 화성암, 변성암, 퇴적암이 포함된 5가지 암석 샘플을 나누어 주고 각 암석의 형성과정, 종류, 이름 등을 유추해 보도록 하였다. 연구 결과, 학생들이 주로 주목하는 암석의 특징은 색, 조직, 구조로 나타났다. 전형적인 암석의 경우 기억에 의존하여 즉각적으로 암석 판별에 성공하나 관찰에 근거한 유의미한 추론이 이루어지지 못하는 반면, 판별에 어려움을 겪는 암석의 경우 관찰에 근거한 유의미한 추론 과정이 담화를 통해 드러나기도 하였다. 또한 유의미한 관찰 결과로부터 과학적 추론을 타당하게 구성하였으나 암석 판별에 실패한 경우도 나타났다. 본 연구 결과는 중학생들의 암석 판별 탐구 활동에서 학생들의 현 수준을 파악하고, 학교 현장에서 이루어지는 암석 판별 탐구가 학생들에게 과학적 관찰과 추론의 경험을 제공할 수 있도록 방안을 모색하고, 시사점을 제공하고자 한다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.429-436
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• 2002

남부독일의 상부쥐라기 석회암 내에 들어 있는 유기물의 특성을 연구하기 위하여 바이에른 중부지역에서 시추한 코어 시료를 분석하였다. 코어(북위 48$^{\circ}$53', 동위 11$^{\circ}$19')는 가이젠탈층의 상부에서 졸른호펜층의 전체를 걸쳐 뫼른스하임층의 상부까지 중생대 상부쥐라기의 석회암으로 구성되어 있다. 코어에서 상부쥐라기 암질은 판상석회암, 층상석회암 및 괴상석회암으로 이루어져 있으며, 일부 쳐어트층이 협재되어 나타나기도 한다. 지화학 변화(탄소, 질소, 총유기탄소)와 Rock-Eval 열분해 데이터(S$_2$피크와 수소지수)는 상부쥐라기 석회암이 대부분 해양성 기원임을 지시한다. 특히, 수소지수와 총유기탄소 그리고 S$_2$ 상호 상관관계는 층에 따라 비례 또는 반비례의 관계를 보여주고 있다. 이는 코어의 하부층(가이젠탈층과 졸른호펜층)에 비하여 코어의 상부층인 뫼른스하임층이 육원성 퇴적물의 유입에 영향을 좀 더 많이 받았음을 의미한다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.101-122
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• 1974

The study area is located in between Susanri and Hwanggangri where the formations of Okcheon group and Chosun group supposedly come in contact so that the area is structurally very import. Present study reveals that the meta-volcanic rocks distribute from south to north along contact zone of Okcheon and Chosun groups in the center of the area. Meta-volcanic rocks seem to be originated from the andesite or andesitic basalt rocks which was known to be Surchangri formation consist of phyllite and black slate by previous workers. The meta-volcanic rocks intruded along the fault zone one existed between Okcheon and Chosun groups but obliterated at present by the intrusion of volcanic rocks. The fault seems to be overthrust, and one of the positive evidences of thrust fault is the Yamisan nappe structure in Yamisan near Susanri. This interpretation coincides with O.J. Kim's work which states that the Precambrian Okcheon group is largely overturned and thrusted over the Chosun group. The relation between the Surchangri and the Majeonri formation marks facies change. This fact together with northpluging anticlinal structure made it possible that both formation came into contact along direction without fault. Yongam formation is not overlain unconformably used to be believed by previous workers, but interbed in the Great Limestone series of Chosun goup. It is also clarified that the rock formerly designated as limesilicate rock was meta-liparite. The origin of amphibole pebbles in the Kunjasan formation is of primary and secondary ones; the secondary pebbles were formed by metamorphism of the fragments of limestone or dolomite.

• 지질공학
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.215-227
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• 2001

충북 보은 일대에 분포하는 옥천계 지층 및 중생대 화강암을 대상으로 기반암의 지진파 속도 및 시편으로부터 3차원적인 지진파의 전달속도를 측정하고, 이의 결과 자료를 비교분석 하였다. 야외에서 측정된 P파의 평균속도는 불국사화강암이 2697m/s로서 최대이고 구룡산층2에서 861m/s로 최소의 속도를 보인다. 각 방위에 따른 P파의 이방성을 암종별로 비교하면 불굴사화강암에서 최대치(81%)를 장리층에서 최소치(46%)를 보이고, 8곳의 평균 이방성지수는 68.5%이다. 시료에서 측정된 P파의 평균속도를 비교하여 보면 구룡산층1, 구룡산층2,창리층 및 문주리층2에서 5000m/s이상이며, S파의 경우도 동일한 시료에서 3500m/s 이상의 높은 속도가 측정되었는데 이는 야외의 경우보다 3∼5배의 빠른 속도를 나타낸다. 또한 P파의 이방성지수는 불국사화강암과 구룡산1에서 60% 이상의 높은 수치를 보이나 다른 시료에서는 30%이하의 낮은 수치를 보인다. 이 수치는 야외에서 측정된 P파의 평균이방성지수 68.5%보다 현저히 낮은 수치로서 야외에서 측정된 P파의 방향에 따른 속도 차이가 시료의 경우보다 현저히 높았음을 뜻한다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권5호
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• pp.1747-1753
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• 2024

The accurate determination of formation density and the physical properties of rocks is the most critical logging tasks which can be obtained using gamma-ray transport and detection tools. Though the simulation works published so far have considerably improved the knowledge of the parameters that govern the responses of the detectors in these tools, recent studies have found considerable differences between the results of using a conventional model of a homogeneous mixture of formation and fluid and an inhomogeneous fractured medium. It has increased concerns about the importance of the complexity of the model used for the medium in simulation works. In the present study, we have suggested two various models for the flow of the fluid in porous media and fractured rock to be used for logging purposes. For a typical gamma-gamma logging tool containing a ¹³⁷Cs source and two NaI detectors, simulated by using the MCNPX code, a simplified porous (SP) model in which the formation is filled with elongated rectangular cubes loaded with either mineral material or oil was investigated. In this model, the oil directly reaches the top of the medium and the connection between the pores is not guaranteed. In the other model, the medium is a large 3-D matrix of 1 cm³ randomly filled cubes. The designed algorithm to fill the matrix sites is so that this realistic random (RR) model provides the continuum growth of oil flow in various disordered directions and, therefore, fulfills the concerns about modeling the rock textures consist of extremely complex pore structures. For an arbitrary set of oil concentrations and various formation materials, the response of the detectors in the logging tool has been considered as a criterion to assess the effect of modeling for the distribution of pores in the formation on simulation studies. The results show that defining a RR model for describing heterogeneities of a porous medium does not effectively improve the prediction of the responses of logging tools. Taking into account the computational cost of the particle transport in the complex geometries in the Monte Carlo method, the SP model can be satisfactory for gamma-gamma logging purposes.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2008년도 춘계 학술발표회 초청강연 및 논문집
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• pp.1344-1350
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• 2008

The slope surface at a linking road construction from a geological stratum situation and a spot investigation weathering about the base rock. We became formation the slope to very disadvantageous base rock. A stability review result confirmed report of the slope were difficult and presented the stability countermeasure. We executed the slope to the purpose to augment safely.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.109-117
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• 2006

A new myxosporean species Ceratomyxa oplegnathus n. sp. was found from the gallbladder of cultured rock bream, Oplegnathus fasciatus. Mature spores were 44.14 ± 2.41 (39.04-48.41) ㎛ in length, 8.52 ± 0.36 (7.9-9.26) ㎛ in width in sutural view. Spores contained two spherical polar capsules measuring 3.04 ± 0.2 (2.71-3.37) ㎛ in diameter and a binucleated sporoplasm. Each polar capsule had a 5-6 coiled polar filament, and was situated near the sutural line. In ultrastructural observation, asynchronous divisions of generative cells without pansporoblast formation gave arise to 2 spores within a trophozoite. Sporoplasmic cell in the sporoblast was binucleated, and capsulogenic cells had large amounts of rough endoplasmic reticulum, external tubules, and capsular primordia.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.447-453
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• 2013

Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (CSPG) inhibits neurite outgrowth of various neuronal cell types, and CSPG-associated inhibition of neurite outgrowth is mediated by the Rho/ROCK pathway. Mesenchymal stromal/stem cells (MSCs) have the potential to differentiate into neuron-like cells under specific conditions and have been shown to differentiate into neuron-like cells by co-treatment with the ROCK inhibitor Y27632 and the hypoxia condition mimicking agent $CoCl_2$. In this study, we addressed the hypothesis that a ROCK inhibitor might be beneficial to regenerate neurons during stem cell therapy by preventing transplanted MSCs from inhibition by CSPG in damaged tissues. Indeed, dose-dependent inhibition by CSPG pretreatment was observed during morphological changes of Wharton's jelly-derived MSCs (WJ-MSCs) induced by Y27632 alone. The formation of neurite-like structures was significantly inhibited when WJ-MSCs were pre-treated with CSPG before induction under Y27632 plus $CoCl_2$ conditions, and pretreatment with a protein kinase C inhibitor reversed such inhibition. However, CSPG treatment resulted in no significant inhibition of the WJ-MSC morphological changes into neuron-like cells after initiating induction by Y27632 plus $CoCl_2$. No marked changes were detected in expression levels of neuronal markers induced by Y27632 plus $CoCl_2$ upon CSPG treatment. CSPG also blocked the morphological changes of human bone marrow-derived MSCs into neuron-like cells under other neuronal induction condition without the ROCK inhibitor, and Y27632 pre-treatment blocked the inhibitory effect of CSPG. These results suggest that a ROCK inhibitor can be efficiently used in stem cell therapy for neuronal induction by avoiding hindrance from CSPG.