• Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.1-6
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• 2000

The 1 $km^2$ area studied is located in Sukchun-ri, Hwasung-koon, the southern part of Kyeonggi-do. Even though this site has been known as a contaminated area caused by seawater intrusions, geophysical and geochemical surveys have never been carried out at the site to determine the extent of the seawater contamination and to investigate whether the seawater intrusion is in progress. The purpose of this study is to determine the extent of seawater contamination and a preferred channel of the seawater intrusion using geophysical methods such as DC resistivity surveys with Schlumberger array and a dipole-dipole array. In order to determine whether the seawater intrusion is in progress in the area, DC resistivity monitoring with Schlumberger array was performed. According to the resistivity map obtained from the inversion of the resistivity data measured with Schlumberger array, the study area is divided into two districts as relatively lowly resistive (less than 30 ohm-m) and highly resistive (more than 30 ohm-m) areas. The distribution of the lowly resistive area is consistent with the distribution of the layer composed of clay minerals, and the resistivity of this layer decreases slowly as approaching to the old seashore. Hydrogeological analysis shows that the clay layer within a distance of about 200 m from the seashore has been already contaminated by sea-water and its electric conductivity is 8 times higher than that of the sand layer covered by the clay layer. According to the results of the 2-dimensional DC resistivity surveys with a dipole-dipole array, there are two preferred channels of the seawater intrusion in the site, and both the channels are in the NW-SE direction from the old seashore. The lowly resistive zone in the southern channel extends to a depth of 80 m. The DC resistivity monitoring with Schlumberger array was carried out along the preferred channel which has the low resistivity Bone (fracture zone) that extended to a depth of 80 m. The time series of apparent resistivity, measured at a distance of 260 m from the old coast line, fluctuates with a period of 12 hours. From these observations, it can be concluded that the seawater intrusion caused by tidal action is still in progress along the fractured zone interpreted by the DC resistivity surveys with a dipole-dipole array.

• 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2000.09a
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• pp.54-69
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• 2000

There are groundwater trouble by high-salinity yield inducing sea-water intrusion in Cheju Island. It is used groundwater-GIS(Well-lnfo) in the maintenance and management of groundwater in Cheju Island to grasp groundwater trouble area and cause of high-salinity yield. For 16 wells certain to yield high-salinity, we logged specific electrical conductivity(EC) and tried to get hold of freshwater and saltwater relationship. As result of distribution of $Cl^-$ by depth, it is showed up groundwater trouble by high-salinity yield in the east coastal area and the partly north coastal area. The reason of high-salinity groundwater yield are low-groundwater level by the structure of geology and low-hydraulic gradient etc. There is necessity for management to development and use of groundwater in the high-salinity area, special management area.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.323-333
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• 1990

We studied the existence, form, size, variation and formation of warm lenses in the East Sea(Japan Sea) during $1979\~1988$ based on annual reports of oceanographic observations published by the National Fisheries Research and Development Agency of Korea and data of the Hydrographic Office of Republic of Korea. The warm lenses were formed in August, 1981, 1982, 1986 during study periods. The ranges of warm lenses were 50, 60, 90 km in the east-west(EW) direction and 100, 150, 120 km in the north-south(NS) direction in 1981, 1982, 1986, respectively. Because of the intrusion of cold water near 103 line, they shrink in horizontal scale in 1981. Most warm lenses were found at station 8 of 104 line in the vicinity of Ullung Island but centers of the lenses moved to the north in 1986. The form and position of warm lenses were related with the intensity of the Tsushima Warm Current and the formation of warm lenses were related with the bottom topography.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.38 no.3 s.172
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• pp.261-272
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• 2005

The groundwaters in the basin of Seomjin River are classified mainly into Na-Cl type with high EC and $NaHCO_3$ type with low EC, and are characterized by enriched $K^+,\;Mg^{2+},\; NO_3^-,\; and\;SO_4\;^{2-}$ contents. The epm fraction of $Na^+Cl^-$ in TDS increases in general with increasing EC of groundwater. The correlation patterns among dissolved ions indicate that $Na^+\;and\;Cl^-$ are derived mainly from intruded seawater, and $K^+,\;Mg^{2-},\;and\;SO_4\;^{2-}$ from anthropogenic source such as a chemical fertilizer. The groundwaters that exceed the recommended limits far agricultural irrigation water contains $23\%\;of\;Cl^-$ reflecting sea-water intrusion, but $50\%\;of\;NO_3^-$ as an anthropogenic pollution, among the wells investigated. In risk assessment of groundwaters by the EC-SAR relationship, only $40\%$ of the groundwaters shows the suitable quality for agricultural irrigation water without any sodium and salinity hazards. Consequently, the pollution sources that cause degradation of groundwater quality in the basin of Seomjin River are the usage of chemical fertilizers and the intrusion of seawater, resulted primarily from the extension of riverward backflow of seawater and secondarily from the overpumping of groundwater.

• Atmosphere
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.29-45
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• 2012

An unusual autumn storm developed rapidly in the western part of the East sea on the early morning of 23 October 2006. This storm produced a record-breaking heavy rain and strong wind in the northern and middle part of the Yeong-dong region; 24-h rainfall of 304 mm over Gangneung and wind speed exceeding 63.7 m $s^{-1}$ over Sokcho. In this study, MTSAT-1R (Multi-fuctional Transport Satellite) water vapor and infrared channel imagery are examined to find out some features which are dynamically associated with the development of the storm. These features may be the precursor signals of the rapidly developing storm and can be employed for very short range forecast and nowcasting of severe storm. The satellite features are summarized: 1) MTSAT-1R Water Vapor imagery exhibited that distinct dark region develops over the Yellow sea at about 12 hours before the occurrence of maximum rainfall about 1100 KST on 23 October 2006. After then, it changes gradually into dry intrusion. This dark region in the water vapor image is closely related with the positive anomaly in 500 hPa Potential Vorticity field. 2) In the Infrared imagery, low stratus (brightness temperature: $0{\sim}5^{\circ}C$) develops from near Bo-Hai bay and Shanfung peninsula and then dissipates partially on the western coast of Korean peninsula. These features are found at 10~12 hours before the maximum rainfall occurrence, which are associated with the cold and warm advection in the lower troposphere. 3) The IR imagery reveals that two convective cloud cells (brightness temperature below $-50^{\circ}C$) merge each other and after merging it grows up rapidly over the western part of East sea at about 5 hours before the maximum rainfall occurrence. These features remind that there must be the upward flow in the upper troposphere and the low-layer convergence over the same region of East sea. The time of maximum growth of the convective cloud agrees well with the time of the maximum rainfall.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Groundwater Environment
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.85-94
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• 1997

The study is aimed to find out the causes of rapidly increasing chloride (Cl$^{－}$) concentration of the Samyang 3rd pumping station originated from coastal springs of Cheju since January 1996. The study results show that it was caused by following complicated natural and anthropogenic effects. Due to severe draught in 1996 with total rainfall of only 41.7% of annual mean of the last 36 years (1991 to 1995), it creates firstly), significant decrease of the spring discharges as well decline of the groundwater level at the site . Sea water level was in general 4.4 cm to 12.4 cm higher than the groundwater level of the site during 2 to 3.8 hours at each high tide. Those higher potential head of sea water motivates the sea water intrusion into the fresh water lens through the permeable clinkers and fracture zones situated beneath the existing grouted zone which was installed to a maximum 10 m below the ground water surface, The repeated expansion and contraction of the fresh water lens occurred by periodic changes of the sea water level at high and low tide accelerates secondly the enlargement of the transition zone between the fresh and sea water at the site. The decrease of recharge amount by rainfall shortage creates thirdly the reverse flow at the interface of sea water and groundwater. The repeated groundwater extraction of 2790${\pm}$450 $m^3$d$^{－1}$ at the time of low tide, when the fresh water lens of the sire is under the contraction stare, makes additional drawdown of the ground water level and induces the upconing of salt water into the fresh water lens. The duration of spring discharge whose Cl concentration is less than 150 mg/1 at the low tide measured at the nearby springs was about two hours with discharge rate of 532 $m^3$d$^{－1}$ and after that Cl$^{－}$ concentration is increased up to more than 1900 mg/ι.eased up to more than 1900 mg/L.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.331-338
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• 2008

A new ground water sampler was developed and evaluated for target depth sampling under most rigorous field conditions. This new concept sampler comprises an air-cylinder, a hypodermic needle and a sampling bottle. Pressurized air or nitrogen gas can be used as a mechanical power source to operate the sampler. The air-cylinder is used to jab the hypodermic needle into the rubber cap of the sampling bottle. The hypodermic needle functions as a pathway to inject groundwater into the sampling bottle. Field test was conducted in a seawater intrusion monitoring well located at Handong district of Jeju Island. Water qualities in this well are periodically changed from the effects of sea water. Water sampling fir the same target depth in this well were tried at various times, and variations in electrical conductivity and pressure at the inside and outside of the sampler were measured using CTD divers. We found that the device could collect water samples only when it was actuated, and the pattern and range of variations in electrical conductivities and pressures measured at the inside and outside of the sampler were nearly identical. These results indicate that water samples using the sampler presented in this study represent correctly water qualities in which the samplings were made at a specific target depth in a well.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2018.05a
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• pp.93-93
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• 2018

최근 기후변화에 따라 우리나라 해수면 상승률은 평균 2.48mm/yr로 가파르게 상승하고 있다. 동해의 해수면 상승률은 2.69mm/yr 로 전세계 평균 해수면 상승률인 2.0mm/yr 보다 높게 나타나 해수면 상승에 의한 해수침투 피해가 증가할 것으로 예상된다. 해수침투로 인해 1차적으로 연안지역의 해수침투 영역이 증가하고, 지하수의 오염, 농작물의 염수 피해, 산업활동의 제약 등 피해 범위가 지역 사회 범위로 점차 증가한다. 한정된 자원에서 해수침투를 예방하고 피해지역을 줄이는 것에는 많은 어려움이 있다. 이를 위해 동해 연안지역의 행정구역을 대상으로 정량적인 분석을 통하여 해수침투에 취약한 지역을 선정하고 대비하는 것이 가장 효율적인 방법이라고 볼 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 해수침투에 영향을 미치는 인자들을 수집하고, 취약지역을 평가하여 분석하였다. 동해 연안의 11개 시 군 행정구역을 대상으로 해수침투에 영향을 미칠 수 있는 인자를 선택하고 자료를 수집하였다. 수집된 자료는 Re-scale 방법을 이용하여 표준화 하고 엔트로피 방법을 이용하여 산정된 가중치를 각각의 인자에 적용하였다. 산정된 해수침투 취약성 지수는 동해안을 대상으로 하여 각 행정구역에 대한 상대적인 취약성을 나타낸다. 최종적으로 산정된 취약성 지수를 동해안의 행정구역이 도시되어 있는 지도에 나타내어 취약한 지역에 대하여 해수침투 방지 대책 및 시설 보강 계획을 세운다면 해수침투 피해에 효율적인 대처가 가능할 것으로 예상된다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2021.06a
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• pp.264-264
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• 2021

해수면 상승 및 인간의 활동으로 인한 해수 침투 영향 반경의 예측 및 모의에 대한 연구는 활발히 진행되고 있으며, 해수 침투 피해를 완화하기 위한 다양한 대응 방안이 시도되고 있다. 하지만 해수 침투 피해 대응 방안 등을 효율적으로 사용하기 위해서는 해수 침투 피해가 가장 활발히 일어나는 지역을 선정하고, 지역 특성에 맞는 대응 방안을 선정하는 과정이 필요하다. 기존의 해수침투 취약성 평가의 방법은 대수층 매개변수의 불확실성, 자료의 결측이 빈번하게 발생하고 있다. 또한, 평가 인자에 대한 자료 수집이 어렵고, 대수층에 대한 매개변수의 불확실성으로 직관적인 평가가 어렵다. 본 연구에서는 서해안의 도서지역을 제외한 연안지역을 대상으로 해수침투 취약성 평가 기법을 개발하였다. 해수침투에 대한 직관적인 해석을 위해 직접적인 영향을 미치는 수문 성분 중 해수면, 지하수위, 함양량, 지하수 이용량을 지표로 선정하고, 행정구역 단위로 자료를 수집하였다. 각각의 자료에 대한 평균, 기울기를 이용하였다. 각각의 인자에 대해서 객관적 가중치 산정 방법인 엔트로피 방법을 이용하여 가중치를 결정하였다. Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution(TOPSIS)를 이용하여 가장 취약한 지역을 선정하였다. 객관적 가중치 산정 방법을 이용하여 자료를 통해 직접적인 평가 가능하며, 추세 분석을 통해 앞으로의 해수침투 취약성에 대한 전망도 가능하다. 평가 결과를 이용하여 해안의 지하수자원의 지속가능한 운영 관리를 위한 자료로 활용할 수 있을 것이다.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.295-311
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• 1994

A comprehensive in-situ tests are performed to define the hydrogeologic and hydrodispersive characteristics such as hydraulic conductivities, longitudinal dispersivity, and average linear velocities as well as conducting flow-net analysis at the study area. The results show that the study area is very heterogeneous so that hydraulic conductivities range from $6.45{\times}10^{-7}$ to $1.15{\times}10^{-5}m/s$ with average linear velocities of 0.34~0.62m/day. Whole groundwater in upper-most aquifer is discharging into the sea with specific discharge rate of $7.2{\times}10^{-3}$ to $1.3{\times}10^{-2}m/day$. The longitudinal dispersivity of the aquifer is estimated about 4.8m through In-situ injection phase test. The area is highly vulnerable to potential contaminant sources due to it's high value of DRASTIC index ranging from 139 to 155 and also under water table condition with very shallow groundwater level. To delineate contaminant plumes of toxic NaOH and carcinogenic benzene when these substances are assumed to be leaked through existing TSDF at the study area by unexpected accidents or spill, Aquifer Simulation Model (ASM) including Flow and Transport Model is used. Te simulated results reveal that the size of NaOH plume after 5 years continuous leak is about $250{\times}100m$ and benzene after 10 years, $490{\times}100m$. When the groundwater is abstracted about 50 days, which is maximum continuously sustained no-precipitation period during 30 years, with pumping rate of $100m^3/day$, THWELL program shows that the groundwater is adversly affected by sea water intrusion.