A Study on the Indexes and Properties of Mechanical Weathering to Granite Distributed in Korea

화강암의 풍화산물에 대한 기계적 풍화지수의 특성에 관한 연구

The transformation of rocks into unconsoli-dated debris is the prime geomorphic processes including weathering and soil forming process. In these processes, rocks tend to be unconsol-idated debris with small particles. Particularly, typical granite is more likely affected by weathering, since the rock consists of quartz, feldspar and mica that can be easily coarse-grained and well jointed without bedding. The purposes of this study are to clarify the index and properties of mechanical weathering that contributed to transformation of granite distributed in Korea. A total of seventy-three samples of weathering products of granite in Korea were collected during the three-year period, March 30, 1989 to February 21, 1992. The prticle analysis was performed for clay, silt and sand using Sieve and Hydrometer. The results of the analysis are as the followings: First, soil textures in the study area are included seven categories of textures as C, CL, SCL, Sil, SL, LS, and S. Among these textures, the most frequent soil texture were SL, S and SCL in order. Second, the weathering products of granite are crumbled by weathering and hydrothermal. Clay texture consisted of fine materials seems to be influenced by hydrothermal, while Sand texture composed of coarse materials, seems to be significantly influenced by weathering. Third, the index of mechanical weathering by region indicates that Hawngdeung(1) is the lowest as 2.37 and the index by soil texture shows that Clay texture is the lowest as 2.46. Forth, the regression analysis of MW showes that sand/clay variable is the most significant variable. Finally, pedochemical weathering is prevailed on the clayey gruss and geochemical weathering is on the gruss and shattering is on the weathered rock, strongly, but the fine materials in some sites were formed by argillation of hydrothermal.

풍화작용은 여러 영역에 의해 지배를 받고 있으며 지형형성작용 중 가장 기본이 된다. 우리나라와 같이 화강암류로 구성된 지역에서는 다른 암석류로 구성된 지역보다 풍화작용이 활발히 진행되어 풍화산물이 많이 존재한다. 본 연구에서는 화강암 풍화산물이 형성된 영역과 기계적 풍화지수 및 특성을 살펴보았다. 그 결과 토화학적 풍화작용은 clayey gruss에서, 지화학적 풍화는 gruss에서, 쪼개짐작용은 풍화암석에서 강하게 작용하고 있었다. 기계적 풍화지수는 일반적으로 clayey gruss 계통은 5내외이고 gruss는 10내외 정도이었다. 그리고 입자붕괴는 풍화작용과 열수작용에 의해 형성되었으며, 세립질로 구성된 식토계통은 주로 열수영역을 많이 받았고 조립질로 구성된 사토계통은 풍화작용을 강하게 받았다.