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Bathymetric and Topographic Changes of the Gomso-Bay Tidal Flat, West Coast of the Korean Peninsula

한반도 서해안 곰소만 갯벌의 수심 및 지형 변화

  • Jin Ho Chang (Department of Marine Fisheries Resources, Mokpo National University) ;
  • Yong-Gil Kim (Geosystem Research Corp) ;
  • Myong Sun Lee (Department of Marine Fisheries Resources, Mokpo National University)
  • 장진호 (목포대학교 해양수산자원학과) ;
  • 김영길 ((주)지오시스템리서치) ;
  • 이명선 (목포대학교 해양수산자원학과)
  • Received : 2023.09.19
  • Accepted : 2023.10.27
  • Published : 2023.10.31
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Abstract

The seafloor topography of Gomso Bay on the west coast of Korea was investigated using subtidal bathymetry and tidal-flat altimetry. Gomso Bay consists of 80% tidal flats and 20% subtidal zone, and is divided into an outer bay and an inner bay by the Jujincheon esturary channel. The outer bay tidal flat, has few tidal channels, has a concave topographic profile, and is characterized by the development of chenier and intertidal sand bars, giving it the appearance of gently sloping, dissipative beaches. The inner bay tidal flat has wide upper and middle tidal flats with a well-developed tidal channel system without cheniers. Moreover, the topographical cross-section between these tidal channels is convex upward, and shows the characteristics of a depositional environment greatly influenced by tidal channels and tidal action. An analysis of the horizontal movement of the tidal flat environment over the past 37 years investigating changes in the iso-depth lines in the Gomso-Bay tidal flat between 1981 and 2018 revealed that the Gomso-Bay tidal flat retreated gradually landward. As a result of analyzing the erosion and sedimentation characteristics of Gomso Bay, assuming that most of the water depth changes were due to changes in the elevation of the sea floor and sea level, an average of 1 cm (0 mm/y) of sediment was eroded in the outer bay over the past 37 years (1981-2018), In the inner bay, an average of 50 cm (14 mm/y) was deposited. Notably, the high tidal flats of the outer bay were largely eroded. Monitoring photographs of the coast showed that most of the erosion of the high tidal flats in the outer bay occurred in a short period around 1999 (probably 1997-2002), and that the erosion resulted from the erosion of sand dunes and high-tide beaches caused by temporarily greatly raised high tide levels and storms.

한반도 중부 서해안의 곰소만에서 조하대의 수심측량과 갯벌의 고도측량을 통해 곰소만의 해저지형을 조사하였다. 곰소만은 80%의 갯벌과 20%의 조하대로 구성되며, 만의 중앙부를 가르는 주진천 하구수로에 의해 외만과 내만으로 나뉜다. 외만 갯벌은 조류로가 거의 없고, 지형단면이 위로 오목하며, 쉐니어와 조간대사주가 발달하는 특징을 보여 파랑의 영향을 받는 경사가 완만한 침식해빈의 모습과 유사하다. 내만 갯벌은 고도가 높아 상부갯벌과 중부갯벌이 넓고, 조류로 시스템이 잘 발달하며, 조류로 사이의 지형단면이 위로 볼록한 특징을 보여 조석과 조류로 작용이 활발한 퇴적 우세 환경임을 나타낸다. 곰소만 갯벌에서 1981년과 2018년 사이의 등수심선 변화를 조사하여 갯벌환경의 수평적 이동을 분석한 결과, 곰소만 갯벌환경이 점차 내만 쪽(육지 방향)으로 후퇴한 것으로 나타났다. 곰소만의 수심 변화가 침식 및 퇴적에 따른 해저의 고도 변화와 해수면 변화(1.49mm/y)에 기인한 것으로 가정하고 곰소만의 침·퇴적 특성을 분석한 결과, 지난 37년(1981-2018) 동안 외만에서는 평균 1cm가 침식되었고(0mm/y), 내만에서는 평균 50cm가 퇴적되었다(14mm/y). 특히 작은 침식이 일어난 외만 갯벌에서는 상부갯벌이 크게 침식되었는데, 이곳 해안을 모니터링한 사진들은 외만의 상부갯벌 침식이 대부분 1999년을 전후로 몇 년 사이(1997-2002)에 발생하였고, 주로 해안사구와 고조선해빈의 침식에 의해 이루어졌음을 보여주었다.

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Acknowledgement

본 연구는 전북씨그랜트사업단의 연구비 지원(2017)에 의해 이루어졌습니다. 감사합니다.

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