• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.677-684
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• 1999

To investigate size distribution and metallic elements of surface sediments in Hampyong Bay, the southwestern coast of Korea, sedimentological and geochemical studies on surface sediments are carried out. The surface sediments of Hampyong Bay are classified into gravel, muddy sandy gravel, gravelly muddy sand, gravelly sandy mud, mud facies in accordance with areal characteristics. The coarse sediments are distributed on the subtidal zone along the main tidal channel and southeast intertidal flat of Hampyong Bay. On the other hand, the fine sediments are dominated in northeast and west intertidal flat of Hampyong Bay. Most metallic elements except for Ba in the sediments are closely interrelated with fine sediments and mutually with each element. Ba is maybe related with sandy sediments and inversely related with carbonate contents. Normalized by Al content, the sediment do not show any remarkable metal enrichments influenced by resonable artificial or environmental factors.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제11권12호
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• pp.1299-1305
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• 2002

Thirty sediment samples of the <63${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ fraction collected from the southwestern coast of Korea were analysed for their heavy metal (Fe, Mn, Cr, Co, Cu, Ni, Zn and Pb) concentration. The results show that sediment texture plays a controlling role on the total metal concentrations and their spatial distribution. A single lM HCl extraction procedure was used in order to assess the environmental risk of heavy metals in bottom sediments. The non-residual fraction was the most abundant pool for Mn and Pb in most samples, which means that this metals are highly avaliable in these sediments. Cr, Ni, Fe, Co, Zn and Cu were mainly associated with the residual fraction, suggesting that their concentrations are controlled significantly by transport processes with the fine particles as carriers from diffuse pollution source. Concentration enrichment ratios(CER) were calculated from the non-residual contents and their values allowed us to classify the sediments according to their environmental risk.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.87-97
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• 1999

To estimate absolute transports by advection in the southwestern East Sea (Japan Sea), an inverse method was applied to CTD data obtained in July 1993. The relative velocities are calculated using the thermal wind equation. The inverse model was formulated to obtain a reference velocity based on the mass conservation in each of four vertical layers within a region enclosed by hydrographic sections and the coastal boundary. The flow patterns in the surface layer are clockwise and anti-clockwise in the regions south and northwest of Ulleung Island, respectively, and a strong northward flow appears in between them. In the second layer, the flow fields are generally weak. The inverse calculation yields the southward flow along the coast, and this suggests that the subsurface low salinity water in the Ulleung Basin is supplied by the southward transport along the east coast of Korea.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.820-826
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• 2014

It is well known that energy generated by a wind generator (WG) depends on the wind resources at the installation site. In other words, a WG installed in a high wind speed area can produce more energy than that in a low wind speed area. However, a WG installed at a low wind site can produce a similar amount of energy to that produced by a WG installed at a high wind site if the WG is designed with a rated wind speed corresponding to the mean wind speed of the site. In this paper, we investigated the power curve of a WG suitable for Korea's southwestern coast with a low mean wind speed to achieve a high capacity factor (CF). We collected the power curves of the 11 WGs of the 6 WG manufacturers. The probability density function of the wind speed on Korea's southwestern coast was modeled using the Weibull distribution. The annual energy production by the WG was calculated and then the CFs of all of the WGs were estimated and compared. The results indicated that the WG installed on the Korea's southwestern coast could obtain a CF higher than 40 % if it was designed with the lower rated speed corresponding to the mean wind speed at the installation site.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.11-18
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• 1971

The geotectonics and geomorphic structure of Korea resulted from the Song-rim Disturbance and the Daebo orogenic movements. Afterward this mountainous peninsula underwent several geological changes on a small scale, and it was also claimed that the steady rising of the elevated peneplain of the eastern coast and the submerging of the southwestern coastal area are largely due to the tilted block movement. These views have been generally accepted good in several ways, but they are limited in range or lacking in theoretical integration. The present writer investigated the geology of the Mt. Chi-ri-san and the Honam coal mining area for a geological map in 1965, respectively. The results of these studies convinced the present writer that the conventional views, which were based upon a theory of lateral pressure should be reconsidered in many respects, and more recent studies made it clear that the morphological development in the southwestern area can be better explained by the orogenic movement and rock control. The measurement of submerging speed of the western coastal area (Pak. Y. A., 1969) and a new account on the geology and tectonics of the Mid-central region of South Korea (Kim O.J., 1970) act as an encouragement to a new explanation. The present writer's researches on the extreme southwestern portion of the peninsula show that the steady submerging of this area cannot be attributed to a simple downthrown block phenomenon caused by block movement. It is no more than the result of the differential movement of uplifting in the eastern and western coastal areas and the rising of sea-level in the post-glacial period. This phenomenon could be easily explained by the comparison of the rate of rise in sea-level and amount of heat flow between Korea and other areas in the world. The existance of the erosional planes in the Sobaik-San ranges also provide an evidence of an upheaval in the western coast area. Though the Sobaik-San ranges largely follow the direction of the Sinian system. They consist of the numerous branches, whose trends run more or less differently from their main trend because of the disharmonic folding, are converged into Mt. Sobaik-San and Chupungryung. The undulation of the land is not wholely caused by orogenic movements, where as the present writer confirmed that the diversity of morphological development is the direct reflection of geological conditions such as rocks and processes which constitute the basic elements of geomorphic structure. An east-west directed mountain range which could be named as Hansan mountain range, was claimed to be oriented by the joint control. The geological conditions such as a special erosion and weathering of agglomerate and breccia tuff usually produce pot-hole like submarine features which cause the whirling phenomenon at the southwestern coast channel.

• 한국항해학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.39-47
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• 1997

We researched the mechanism on th flucturain of Bottom Cold Water in the western channel of Korea Strait, using 13 years(1981~1933) oceanographic data of FRDA. The bottom cold water in the western channel appears more often in summer and fall than in winter and spring, and its year-to-year variation of temperature is very large. Such variation seems to be closely related with the variations of cold waters in the subsurface layer of the southwestern East Sea. According to the longitudinal temperature distribution along the korean southeastern coast, a density difference occurs all the time at the still deepth between the western channel and the southwestern East Sea. Thus, it is inferred that the cold waters would intrude into the western channle form the subsurface layer in the southwestern East Sea as a density-driven current, and it intensity depends upon the density difference.

• 환경생물
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.610-619
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• 2018

본 연구는 한국 남서해안 갯벌 중 유부도, 곰소만, 임자도, 여자만 갯벌의 저서돌말류 종조성 및 생물량을 알아보기 위해 2016년 8월과 9월에 현장조사를 실시하였다. 유부도 갯벌에서 저서돌말류는 48속 181종, 곰소만 갯벌에서 51속 194종, 임자도 갯벌에서 64속 224종, 여자만 갯벌에서 56속 188종이 출현 하였으며, 총 70속 274종이 출현하였다. 분류군 가운데 중심돌말목보다 우상돌말목이 다양하게 출현하였고 우점종은 중심돌말목의 Paralia sulcata와 Navicula spp.였다. 유부도 갯벌의 생물량은 정점별로 $18.8{\sim}136.1mg\;m^{-2}$, 곰소만 갯벌 $31.9{\sim}215.7mg\;m^{-2}$, 임자도 갯벌 $2.9{\sim}120.2mg\;m^{-2}$, 여자만 갯벌 $10.1{\sim}147.7mg\;m^{-2}$, 4개 지역의 총 생물량 범위는 $2.9{\sim}215.7mg\;m^{-2}$였다. 엽록소 a의 분해 산물인 phaeopigment 농도로는 유부도 갯벌에서 $1.7{\sim}470.8mg\;m^{-2}$, 곰소만 갯벌에서 $52.3{\sim}277.2mg\;m^{-2}$, 임자도 갯벌에서 $0.6{\sim}78.9mg\;m^{-2}$, 여자만 갯벌에서 $39.1{\sim}346.3mg\;m^{-2}$으로 나타났다. 조사 대상지역의 종 다양성과 생물량은 높은 경향을 나타내었다. 한국의 남서해안은 다양한 저서돌말류가 서식하며 엽록소 a의 높은 농도는 일차생산력을 결정하는 주요인자다.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.578-581
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• 2006

Fishery products were collected in seafood markets located on the southwestern coast of Korea between 2000 and 2004 and examined for the presence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus. This strain was detected in 138 of 843 samples (16.4%) that included dams, eels, crabs, octopuses, and cockles. The number of positive findings for V. parahaemolyticus among fishery products was the highest in dams at 23.6% followed by eels at 22.1%, crabs at 21.1%, octopuses at 18.0%, and cockles at 14.3%. V. parahaemolyticus was detected with overall frequencies of 15.3, 14.8, 13.8, 21.6, and 18.6% from 2000 to 2004, respectively. The monthly occurrence of the organism rapidly increased to over 20% between June and October. The monthly cases of food borne disease caused by V. parahaemolyticus in Korea over the last five years began to increase in August and reached its peak in September. However, the potential for outbreaks of food borne disease caused by V. parahaemolyticus was relatively minor between November and April. Consequently, this study shows that fishery products harvested from June to October must be handled sanitarily in Korea.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.148-156
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• 2002

서해 남부 함평만에서 해안선의 지형 특성과 해안절벽의 침식과정을 조사하기 위해 야외관찰과 정밀 측량을 실시하였다. 함평만 해안선은 급경사면 그리고 불안정한 토양층이나 연약한 풍화암층으로 이루어진 높이 l0m미만의 해안절벽(sea-cliff)들로 대부분 구성되며, 매우 활발한 침식을 받고있다. 톱날모양의 해안선 형태, 해빈 표면에 노출된 잔류풍화기반암 및 "Island Stack"등 독특한 해안선 지형 특성들이 활발한 해안침식 증거들로 나타난다. 함평만에서의 해안선 후퇴는 해안절벽 기저부의 침식 사태(landslide or mass wasting), 테일러스(talus)형성 그리고 테일러스의 침식(소멸)의 순차적 과정이 반복되어 나타난 결과로 해석된다. 본 연구에서 테일러스가 여름철에 침식.제거되는 현상은 정상적인 해양조건에서 일어나는 계절적 해수면 상승에 의한 것으로 판단된다. 이는 겨울철 폭풍과 함께 해안 침식의 또 다른 중요 요인으로 제시된다.요인으로 제시된다.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.533-542
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• 2015

고창 해빈은 황해의 동편, 한국 서남해 연안에 위치하며, 북쪽에서 남쪽 방향으로 동호리, 광승리, 명사십리 해빈으로 구성된다. 고창 해빈은 대조차, 개방형, 직선형 해안, 모래 저질의 특징을 보인다. 본 연구는 고창 해빈에서 표층 지형 변화와 퇴적물 집적률의 연평균과 계절 특성을 연구하였다. 2014년 겨울(2월), 봄(5월), 여름(8월), 가을(11월)과 2015년 겨울(2월)의 5계절 동안, 3개 측선을 따라 총 315개 지점에서 지형 고도를 측정하였다. 해안선에 수직인 각 측선은 30 m 간격의 21 지점으로 구성된다. 고창 해빈의 2014년 연평균 집적률은 -0.081 m/yr로 침식이 우세하였다. 지역별 연평균 집적률은 동호리 해빈 -0.091 m/yr, 광승리 해빈 -0.051 m/yr, 명사십리 해빈 -0.10 m/yr로 나타났다.