• 자원환경지질
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.341-352
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• 1997

Retention ponds have been dug along some of the motorways in France to minimize environmental pollution by keeping pollutants from spreading over the surrounding area. In order to study heavy metal pollution and diagenetic behaviour of sediments, eight core samples were collected from the bottom of a retention pond located along the A-71 motorway in Sologne. The metal concentrations in interstitial waters and extractable metal concentrations in sediment layers using sequential chemical extraction method were determined. The depth distributions of Pb, Zn and Cd concentrations in interstitial water and particulate sediments were studied, and distribution coefficients (KD) were also determined to investigate the environmental mobility of these elements. In addition. the index of geoaccumulation and the Fe-normalized enrichment factor were calculated to differentiate the natural accumulation from the anthropogenic pollution. The vertical concentration profiles of heavy metals in core sediments indicate that surface enrichments (0~2 cm) of Pb, Zn, Cd and organic carbon were always observed at each core sample, due to the early diagenesis. However, the major factor contributing to the accumulation of Cd at the sediment surface is attributed to the dissolution of Cd from polluted roadside soil during periods of rainstorms and its subsequent redeposition on the sediment surface after being carried to the retention pond. A comparison of the KD values indiactes that a decrease in the KD values for Pb and Zn was observed with depth while KD values for Cd increase. According to the KD values. the relative mobility of studied metals was determined as following: Mn>Zn>Cd>Pb, for the upper layer, and Mn>Cd>Zn>Pb, for the lower layers.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.412-424
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• 2021

Understanding the distribution of heavy metals in sediment is necessary because labile heavy metals can partition into the water column and bioaccumulate in aquatic organisms. Here we investigated six heavy metals (Co, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn) in sediment cores using a five-step sequential leaching method to examine the occurrence of heavy metals in the sediment. The results showed that all elements, except Mn, are depleted in the exchangeable and carbonate fractions. However, heavy metal concentrations are much higher in the Fe-Mn oxide and organic matter fractions, especially for Cu, indicating enrichment in the organic matter fraction. Furthermore, contamination parameters (contamination factor and geoaccumulation index) indicate that Mn contamination is high, primarily derived from anthropogenic sources, presenting a potential risk to ecosystems in the Nakdong River.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.777-787
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• 2017

Organic enrichment and pollution was investigated in surface sediments from Jinhae Bay and Geoje-Hansan Bay of Korea, which contain the largest oyster farms in Korean coastal areas. Geochemical indicators (chemical oxygen demand, total organic carbon, ignition loss, and acid volatile sulfide) in sediments, ammonium and nitrate in pore water, and bioluminescence inhibition test for sediment extracts were analyzed. Temporal changes of organic enrichment were also investigated using sediment core samples from Geoje-Hansan Bay. The level of organic pollution in sediments from Jinhae Bay was significantly greater than that of sediments from Geoje-Hansan Bay. Compared with other sites, Jinhae Bay was one of the most polluted coastal areas of Korea. The levels of geochemical indicators in May were comparable to, or higher than, in August. Ammonium concentrations in pore water were two orders of magnitudes greater than the nitrate concentrations, suggesting that the bays are reducing environments. The concentrations of total organic carbon in core sediment samples from shellfish-farming areas increased significantly from 2000 to the present year, and it seems to be associated with increases in anthropogenic activities.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.165-176
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• 2005

심해저 퇴적물에 분포하는 천연가스는 물리, 화학적인 조건에 따라서 세 가지 상(phase)으로 존재한다. 즉, 공극수에 녹아있는 가스의 농도가 용해도 이하이면 용존 가스 형태로 존재할 것이며, 용해도 이상이면 자유가스가(free gas) 형성될 것이며, 자유가스를 포함하는 해저 퇴적물이 저온 고압 조건인 하이드레이트 안정 지역이라면 가스 하이드레이트로 존재한다. 심해저 퇴적물내의 가스의 농도를 정확히 파악할 수 있다면 천연가스와 하이드레이트의 형성과 분포를 예측할 수 쳐다. 그러나, 해저 퇴적물 내에 포함되어 있는 가스의 양을 정확히 측정하는 것은 매우 어렵다. 심해저 퇴적층에서 가스를 채취하는 방법으로 널리 이용되는 공기층 가스 기법을 이용하여 퇴적물내의 가스의 양을 가늠하는 것은 천부 퇴적층에서만 가능하고 심부 지층에서 채취한 가스는 코어 회수와 시료 채취 과정에서 대부분의 가스가 유실되고 극히 일부만 정량 분석된다. 압력 코어(Pressure Core Sampler PCS)는 길이 $1{\cal}m$, 반경 $4.32{\cal}cm$ 규격으로 총 $1,465cm^3$의 퇴적물을 68.9 Mpa 압력 하에서 채취하는 장비이다. ODP Leg 204 시추 동안에 총 6개 지점(site) 에서 압력 코어를 사용하여 각 시추 지점에서 심도에 따른 퇴적물내의 가스의 양과 가스 하이드레이트의 분포를 측정하였다. 분석 결과 시추 위치에 따라서 가스 농도 및 분포 특성이 서로 다르게 나타났다. 하이드레이트 릿지(Hydrate Ridge)의 정상 주변에는 해저면 퇴적물에 메탄가스가 과포화되어 있고 정상 측면 및 분지지역에는 일부 심도의 퇴적물에서만 과포화되어 있었다. 하이드레이트 릿지의 가스 하이드레이트 분포는 압력 코어에 의해서 측정한 현장(in-situ)의 가스 농도 특성과 매우 밀접한 관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.635-646
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• 2004

Chronic outbreaks of green tide in the Nakdong estuary toll a heavy socioeconomic cost. The paper investigates the influence of sediments on the nitrogen eutrophication, being claimed as the primary cause of green tide. To measure the flux of nitrate at the sediments-water interface, sediment cores were taken in Jan., Mar., May and Sep., 2000 at Noksan located in the West-Nakdong river estuary. The dissolved oxygen was profiled and then the pore water was extracted in situ. Core samples were analyzed for their textural characteristics. Cores were incubated by a novel technique to measure the fluxes of nitrate $(NO_3^-)$ and ammonia $(NH_4^+)$ at the sediment-water interface. The dissolved oxygen was depleted usually within several millimeters in the top sediments. Nitrate started to decrease drastically at the layer where dissolved oxygen was nearly depleted. Nitrate was also exhausted within several centimeters, followed by ammonia build up rapidly. The flux at the sediments-water interface calculated from the pore water concentrations revealed that nitrate was removed from the water column into the sediments. The sediment incubation experiment confirmed the above result. On the other hand ammonia were released from the sediment to the water column. As the incubation went on, however, the nitrate concentration in the overlying water was dropped below that of a top sediment. Then the flux is reversed, i.e., nitrate was released from the sediments to the water column. The implication is that the sediment can supply nitrate to the water column if it falls below a certain level. Thus it is likely that sediments in the eutrophicated river buffers the nitrate concentration in the water column, which leads to a prolonged green tide.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.434-444
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• 1994

여수해만 주변해역 퇴적물의 물리적 성질 및 음향학적 성질을 밝히기 위해서 총 36개 시추시료에서 10cm 간격으로 퇴적물의 조직(입도), 음파전달속도 및 물리적 성질(공극율, 전밀도, 함수율, 전단응력)을 측정하였다. 연구지역을 광양만, 여수해만, 남해대륙붕의 세 지역으로 나누어 각 지역간의 물성과 조직의 상관관계를 비교 검토하였다. 비교 모델로는 Hamilton(1970)의 북태평양 대륙붕 및 대륙사면 퇴적물을 이용하였다. 본 연구지역에서의 조직과 물성의 분포도(50cm 깊이)를 보면 평균입도($6.5{\sim}8.1{\phi}$), 점토함량($35{\sim}50\%$), 공극율($66{\sim}80\%$), 속도($1540{\sim}1525m/s$), 전단응력($2{\sim}8kPa$), 밀도($1.60{\sim}l.40a/cm^3$) 등이고 각각의 특성이 광양만에서부터 남해 대륙붕 지역으로 갈수록 점진적인 변화를 보이는 것으로 나타났다. 이런 특징은 본 연구지역의 주요한 공급원인 섬진강에서 유입되는 퇴적물이 광양만 및 여수해만을 통하여 남해 대륙붕 지역으로 이동하는 경로와 관련이 있는 것을 시사한다. 각 물성간의 상관관계를 보면 여수해만 및 남해 대륙붕 지역이 광양만보다도 Hamilton(1970)이 제시한 모델에 더 유사한 경향을 보인다. 물성 분포로 보아 여수해만 지역 퇴적물의 성질은 광양만과 남해대륙붕 지역 퇴적물의 중간적인 단계에 해당되는 것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.185-195
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• 1998

Two piston cores (94PC-2 and 95PC-4) taken from the East Sea (Sea of Japan) are studied to evaluate the paleoceanographic changes and its interaction with climatic variation. The bulk geochemistry of the non-biogenic fractions of 54 sediment samples is determined using X-ray fluorescence. Four geochemical stratigraphic units at both core sediments are recognized based on the variations in major element concentration. These chemical stratigraphic units correspond well with the sedimentological and paleontological facies. Source materials are considered as basic and/or intermediate rocks judging from silica content. A distinctive boundary around 11 kyr may correspond to Younger Dryas event. The switch of most major elements at this level and the distinctive changes in concentration of typical terrigenous elements (TiO$_2$ and Al$_2$O$_3$) are the strong evidence for the difference in sources of terrigenous materials. The weathering indices exhibit high degree in Core 94PC-2 and low degree in Core 95PC-4. The changes in weathering degree can be distinguished by the lowest value occurred at 11 kyr in Core 94PC-2 and by a gradual decrease from top to bottom in Core 95PC-4. The profiles of potassium and sodium exhibit specific excursions between the Holocene and the late Pleistocene. This implies that sediments of the two cores originating from different sources with different weathering degrees. The distinct two-group distributions in K$_2$O/CaO vs. Na$_2$O/K$_2$O also support the difference in provenance of aluminosilicate materials at the boundary of 11 kyr. Thus, supply patterns of terrigenous materials are stable in Holocene and more complicated in the last glacial period.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.235-244
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• 2004

북동태평양 심해저퇴적물 전단강도 측정의 정확성을 위하여 측정 방법에 따른 전단강도 측정 결과들을 비교하였다. 비교 항목들은 1) 동일한 시료를 두 종류의 베인 전단강도 측정기(수동 베인, 전동 베인)를 이용하여 측정한 결과, 2) 시료채취 후 즉시 선상에서 측정한 결과와 3개월 뒤 육상의 실험실에서 측정한 결과, 3) 동일한 정점에서 채취된 두개시료를 측정한 결과, 그리고 4) 동일한 코어 내에서 4회 반복 실험한 결과이다. 측정 결과, 전단강도 값은 퇴적깊이에 따라 뚜렷한 변화 양상을 보였다. 또한, 동일한 정점에서 채취한 두개의 코어 퇴적물에 대한 전단강도를 비교한 결과, 두 시료에서 측정된 변화폭이 장비차이에 따른 변화와 보관 조건에 의한 변화보다 높게 나타났다. 이와 같은 결과는 퇴적 깊이에 따른 전단강토의 변화가 지질공학적 물성변화에 의해 야기되었음을 지시한다.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2005년도 학술발표회(2)
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• pp.1189-1192
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• 2005

Due to their slow degradation properties, hydrophobic organic contaminants in estuarine sediment have been a concern for risks to human health and aquatic organisms. Studies of fate and transport of these contaminants in estuaries are further complicated by the fact that hydrodynamics and sediment transport processes in these regions are complex, involving processes with various temporal and spatial scales. In order to simulate and quantify long-term attenuation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) in the Elizabeth River, VA, we develop a modeling approach, which employs the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's water quality model, WASP, and encompasses key physical and chemical processes that govern long-term fate and transport of PAHs in the river. In this box-model configuration, freshwater inflows mix with ocean saline water and tidally averaged dispersion coefficients are obtained by calibration using measured salinity data. Sediment core field data is used to estimate the net deposition/erosion rate, treating only either the gross resuspension or deposition rate as the calibration parameter. Once calibrated, the model simulates fate and transport PAHs following the loading input to the river in 1967, nearly 4 decades ago. Sediment PAH concentrations are simulated over 1967-2022 and model results for Year 2002 are compared with field data measured at various locations of the river during that year. Sediment concentrations for Year 2012 and 2022 are also projected for various remedial actions. Since all the model parameters are based on empirical field data, model predictions should reflect responses based on the assumptions that have been governing the fate and sediment transport for the past decades.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.53-64
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• 2012

In order to understand the relationship between the formation of hypoxia sediment by eutrophication and changes in benthic foraminiferal assemblage, micropaleontological and geochemical analyses were carried out on one sediment box core (K-1) recovered in the northern Gamak Bay, which is one of the aquacultural areas in the South Sea of Korea. In this analysis, the PON content in the sediment rapidly increased, while the C/N ratio and the C/S ratio decreased since 1977. These results indicate that eutrophication commenced in 1977 in the northern Gamak Bay, and consequently, the hypoxia sediment is 20 cm thick. Ammonia beccarii-Buccella frigida assemblage occurs before the formation of hypoxia sediment. Trochammina hadai-Buccella frigida assemblage appeared in the transitional period toward hypoxia and Trochammina hadai assemblage with a low abundance and diversity is observed in the hypoxia sediment. The agglutinated species T. hadai is regarded as a bio-indicator (opportunistic species) of the organic pollution in northern Gamak Bay.