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Spatial and Temporal Variation of Dissolved Inorganic Radiocarbon in the East Sea

동해 용존무기탄소 중 방사성탄소의 분지별 비교 및 시간에 따른 변화

  • Sim, Bo-Ram (Oceanographic Measurement & Instrument Calibration Service Center, KIOST) ;
  • Kang, Dong-Jin (Oceanographic Measurement & Instrument Calibration Service Center, KIOST) ;
  • Park, Young Gyu (Ocean Circulation and Climate Research, KIOST) ;
  • Kim, Kyung-Ryul (Division of Liberal Arts and Sciences, GIST College, GIST)
  • 심보람 (한국해양과학기술원 기기검교정.분석센터) ;
  • 강동진 (한국해양과학기술원 기기검교정.분석센터) ;
  • 박영규 (한국해양과학기술원 해양순환기후연구부) ;
  • 김경렬 (광주과학기술원 GIST 대학 기초교육학부)
  • Received : 2014.05.13
  • Accepted : 2014.06.03
  • Published : 2014.06.30
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Abstract

This study examined the spatial and temporal variation of dissolved inorganic radiocarbon in the East Sea. Five vertical profiles of radiocarbon values were obtained from samples collected in 1999 in three basins (Japan Basin, Ulleung Basin, Yamato Basin) of the East Sea. Radiocarbon values decreased from 63- 85‰ at the surface to about -50‰ with increasing depth (up to 2,000 m) and were nearly constant in the layer deeper than 2,000 m in all basins. Radiocarbon values did not show significant basin-to-basin differences in the surface and the bottom layers. In the intermediate layer (200-2,000 m), however, they decreased in the order of Japan Basin > Ulleung Basin > Yamato Basin, which is consistent with the suggested circulation pattern in the intermediate layer of the East Sea. Radiocarbon was found to have decreased at ~2%/year in the surface water of the East Sea. In contrast, in the interior of the East Sea, radiocarbon values have increased with time in all three basins. In the Central Water, the annual increase rate was about 3.3‰, which is faster than the rates in the Deep and Bottom Waters. The radiocarbon in the Deep and Bottom Waters had increased until mid-1990s, after which time it has been almost constant.

이 연구에서는 동해의 해수 중 방사성탄소의 분지별 비교 및 시간에 따른 변화를 이해하고자 하였다. 1999년 동해의 일본분지, 울릉분지, 야마토분지 3개 분지에서 총 5개의 정점에서 채취한 시료로부터 방사성탄소를 분석하였다. 동해의 방사성탄소는 일반적인 대양에서의 분포와 유사하게 표층에서 2000 m 수심까지 가파르게 감소하는 양상을 보이며, 2000 m 보다 깊은 수심에서는 일정한 값을 보였다. 분지별로 방사성탄소의 수직분포를 비교해 보면, 3개의 분지의 표층(<200 m)에서 방사성탄소 값은 63~85‰ 이내로 유사하였으나 200~2000 m의 중층수에서는 분지별로 최대 60‰까지 차이가 나타났다. 중층수의 방사성탄소는 일본분지, 울릉분지, 야마토분지 순으로 높은 값이 나타나는데, 이는 중층수 순환의 형태와 그 분포가 일치한다. 2000 m 보다 깊은 수심의 저층수에서는 방사성탄소가 분지별로 뚜렷한 차이 없이 모든 분지에서 -80~-60‰ 내의 값을 보인다. 동해 표층수에서는 시간에 따라 매년 약 2‰씩 ${\Delta}^{14}C$ 값이 감소하였다. 반면, 동해 심층에서의 방사성탄소는 세개의 분지 모두 시간에 따라 증가하고 있다. 동해 중앙수의 방사성탄소는 매년 약 3.3‰ 증가하고 있는데, 이는 심층수나 저층수보다 시간에 따라 빠르게 증가한다. 심층수와 저층수에서는 방사성탄소가 1990년대 중반까지 증가하다가 1995년 이후로는 거의 증가하지 않고 일정한 값을 보인다. 심층수와 저층수에서의 ${\Delta}^{14}C$ 값의 시간에 따른 변화는 동해의 심층수 형성의 시간적 변화와 연관지어 해석되어야 할 것이다. 향후 동해 해수순환의 변화를 이해하기 위하여 방사성탄소 연구가 지속되어야 할 것이다.

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