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Recent Changes of Sedimentation Rate in Lake Takkobu, Northern Japan, Determined 210Pb Dating

210Pb 연대측정에 의한 일본 타호부호수의 토사퇴적속도 변화 분석

  • Ahn, Young Sang (Division of Forest Resources, Chonnam National University) ;
  • An, Ki-Wan (Division of Forest Resources, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Lee, Kye-Han (Division of Forest Resources, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Nakamura, Futoshi (Department of Forest Science, Hokkaido University)
  • Received : 2013.06.21
  • Accepted : 2013.10.23
  • Published : 2014.03.31
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Abstract

$^{210}Pb$ dating was conducted to examine the influence of land use changes in the forest catchment on lake sedimentation. The Kushiro River, into which Lake Takkobu drains under regular flow conditions, contributed to an increased sedimentation rate in sampling point at the lake outflow because turbid water from the Kushiro River flows back into Lake Takkobu during floods. The elevated sediment flux from the catchment dilutes the $^{210}Pb$ concentration in sampling points at the inflow of the Takkobu River and the lake outflow, which causes fluctuations in the $^{210}Pb$ concentrations in sediment cores. The $^{210}Pb$ dating was estimated using the CRS (Constant rate of Supply) model. The dates by the CRS model in Lake Takkobu profiles were in good agreement with the dates by $^{137}Cs$. Sedimentation rates reconstructed for the past 100-150 years suggested that sedimentation rates increased drastically following land use changes. While a natural sedimentation rate of $0.01-0.03g/cm^2/year$ is observed until the 1880s, whereas lake sedimentation accelerated to $0.03-0.09g/cm^2/year$ following land use changes such as deforestation and channelization, between the 1880s and 1940s. In particular, the sedimentation rates have been associated with deforestation, channelization, agricultural development and road construction, since the 1980s, and these rates were about 9-28 times higher than those under natural conditions, leading to accelerated lake shallowing.

산림유역의 토지이용 변화가 호수의 토사퇴적속도에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위해 $^{210}Pb$ 연대측정을 수행하였다. 평상시 타코부호수는 쿠시로강으로 유출되지만 쿠시로강의 수위가 증가하면 역류현상으로 인해 쿠시로강에 유출된 다량의 세립토사가 호수로 유입되고 있어 호수 유출지점의 토사퇴적속도를 증가시키고 있었다. 그래서 호수에서 유출입하는 하천 주변의 토사퇴적물에서 $^{210}Pb$ 농도는 많은 양의 토사 퇴적의 영향으로 $^{210}Pb$ 농도가 희석되어 비교적 낮은 값을 나타내고 있었으며 지수함수적으로 감소하는 경향도 나타나지 않았다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 CRS 모델의 $^{210}Pb$ 연대측정법을 사용하였고, CRS 모델의 연대는 $^{137}Cs$ 연대(1963년)와 잘 일치하였다. 타코부호수에서 과거 100~150년 정도의 토사퇴적속도를 조사한 결과, 유역에서 인위적 개발이 없는 1880년대 이전 자연상태에서는 토사퇴적량이 $0.01{\sim}0.03g/cm^2/year$였고, 산림벌채와 하천공사가 시작된 1880년대~1940년대에는 $0.03{\sim}0.09g/cm^2/year$으로 토사퇴적이 증가하였다. 특히 유역에서 산림벌채, 하천공사, 농업개발과 임도 개설이 진행된 1980년대 이후에는 토사퇴적속도가 $0.09{\sim}0.84g/cm^2/year$로 자연상태보다 9~28배 증가하여 호수의 수심이 얕아지는 현상을 가속시키고 있는 것으로 나타났다.

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