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Amorphous Silica in Soil Silt

토양 실트의 비정질 실리카

  • Jeong, Gi Young (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Andong National University)
  • 정기영 (안동대학교 지구환경과학과)
  • Received : 2018.11.23
  • Accepted : 2018.12.18
  • Published : 2018.12.31
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Abstract

Amorphous silica ($SiO_2$) silt grains were found in some soils of Korean Peninsula. Scanning electron microscopy of polished section of soils revealed ellipsoidal amorphous $SiO_2$ grains with numerous submicron pores concentrated in the interior. Their amorphous structure was confirmed by lattice imaging and electron diffraction under transmission electron microscope. Amorphous $SiO_2$ grains were not found in the eolian sediment of the Chinese loess plateau. Although the origin of the amorphous $SiO_2$ grain is uncertain, they are likely either phytolith or weathering product of volcanic ash. The amorphous $SiO_2$ silt grains are not useful as a tracer of long-range transport mineral dust in soils.

한반도 일부 토양에서 비정질 실리카($SiO_2$) 실트 입자들이 발견되었다. 토양 연마박편의 주사전자현미경에서 관찰된 비정질 $SiO_2$ 입자는 타원형이며, 1마이크론 이하의 극미세 공극들이 입자 내부에 집중 분포한다. 입자의 비정질성은 투과전자현미경 격자상 관찰과 전자회절로 확인하였다. 이 이질적인 실트 입자들의 풍성기원 가능성을 확인하기 위하여 중국 황토고원의 풍성퇴적물인 뢰스(loess) 내 $SiO_2$ 실트입자들을 조사하였으나 유사 입자를 확인하지 못하였다. 아직 기원이 명확하진 않지만, 식물규소체나 화산재 풍화물일 가능성이 있다. 토양환경에서 비정질 $SiO_2$ 실트 입자의 장거리 이동 광물먼지(황사) 추적자로서 가능성은 낮다.

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