• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.17 no.7
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• pp.1075-1089
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• 2023

Nuclear forensics is an essential part of nuclear material control and nuclear non-proliferation verification. Radiochronometry for nuclear forensics is used to estimate the timing of refinement and production of nuclear materials based on decay chain characteristics and the Bateman equation. The results of radiochronometry have uncertainties because the decay constant and number of nuclides are statistics derived from analyses or repeated experiments and involve uncertainties. The aim of this study was to develop an uncertainty calculation algorithm by performing computational simulation to overcome the limitations of the existing uncertainty calculation method for radiochronometry based on the Bateman equation. The results of the proposed uncertainty calculation algorithm were comparable to those of the existing method. The algorithm allowed for more than two generations of uncertainty calculations and mitigated the underestimation of the decay constant during the uncertainty calculation.

• Journal of the Korean Geophysical Society
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.87-93
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• 2001

The roof tiles excavated from the mountain fortress at Namsan-ri Seocheon-gun in Chungnam province were dated by using SAR protocol, Sample preparation was done with the quartz exclusion method. The paleodoses from 6 kinds of roof tiles were obtained from OSL measurements and the does rates of the soil around the excavated roof tiles and the tile themselves were measured from ICP/MS and ICP/AES with the conversion table. From the evaluated paleodose and the dose rate, the age of the roof tiles were determined to be from(733 ± 50)AD to (1160 ± 50)AD and the error was less than 10%.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.34 no.4
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• pp.371-384
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• 1999

디퓨젼 공식 모형은 한국 하천의 중.상류 지역의 하안 단구의 단구애와 같은 삭박 사면에 대한 연대 측정에 유용하게 적용될 수 있다. 지형 연대 측정 방법은 최대 사면각, 사면의 높이 등과 같은 사면단면에 대한 측정된 자료를 사용하는 보조적 연대 측정법의 하나이다. 토탄층에 대한 탄소연대측정법 또는 화분분석과 같은 방법으로 잘 통제되어진 연대를 이 모형에 적용하여 생성 연대를 모르는 다른 사면의 연대를 추정하는데 사용될수 있다. 적용사례로 경북 영양의 연지 저위단구에서 구해진 연대값 6ka를 이용하여, 최대 사면각과 사면의 높이간의 모의실험을 통해 연지 단구의 저위면/중위면 사이의 단구애 상의 삭박률 100 10-4m2/yr.을 구할수 있었다. 이 삭박률을 영춘 단구의 저위면/중위면 사이의 단구애의최대 사면각과 사면 연대간의 모의실험에 적용하여 영춘 단구의 저위면/중위면 사이의 단구애의 형성 시기를 약 37,000년 전으로 구할 수 있었다. 그러나 보다 정밀한 값을 얻기 위해서는 남한강 중.상류의 단구 지역에 대한 적절한 사면 측정 자료가 요구된다.

• Proceedings of the Petrological Society of Korea Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.7-9
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• 2004

• The Science & Technology
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• no.3 s.418
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• pp.34-37
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• 2004

5만년인가, 4천년인가. 문화재청은 지난 2월 6일 제주도 남제주군 대정읍 상모리와 안덕면 사계리 해안에서 사람 발자국 화석 100여 점과 동식물 화석 수천점을 발견했다고 발표했다. 화석 발견 지층의 생성 시기는 구석기 중기인 5만년전으로 추정되며 선사인류 발자국 화석은 한국교원대 김정률 교수팀이 지난해 10월 처음 발견했다. 경북대 양승영 명예교수는“사람 발자국 화석은 재주도를 포함한 한반도와 중국 대륙이 육로로 연결됐다는 가설을 뒷받침해주는 증거물”이라는 견해를 밝혔다. 선사시대 인류발자국의 발견은 세계에서 7번째이며 함께 발견된 코끼리와 말 발자국은 당시 한반도가 온대 지역이 아닌 아열대 지역이었을 가능성을 제기했고, 말의 기원이 몽골에서 유래되었다는 기존 주장을 바꾸는 계기가 될 것으로 보인다. 그러나, 화석 발자국 발표 이후, 관련학자들간에 이견이 생겼다. 일부 학자들이 연대측정에 의문을 제기하고, 제주도 지층은 4천년 전에 생성된 것이며 ‘5만년 전 추정’에는 무리가 있다는 지적이었다. 한 인류의 이동을 추정하는 데는 5만년 전과 4천년 전은 엄청난 역사적 차이가 있다. 아프리카 대륙에서 시작 된 인류의 조상이 중국과 북방육로를 통해 한반도까지 이동해왔다는 지금까지 학계의 통설은 뒤집힐 것인가. 제주도의 사람 발자국 화석은 그 절대 연대가 정확히 측정된다면 한반도 인류의 일부가 중국 남방의 육로나 해로를 통해서 이동해왔을 가능성이 있다는 새로운 사실을 밝혀줄 것이다. 현대 과학이 연대측정기술을 발달시켜서 역사를 풀어나가기 시작한 것은 겨우 50여년 전으로 일천하기만 하다. 그러나, 그 학문의 깊이는 지구 나이 45억년을 밝혀냈고, 35만년 전 유기물의 생성을 추정해내는 등 심오한 경지에 이르고 있다. 현대과학의 연대측정방법론을 소개한다.

• Journal of Conservation Science
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.291-300
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• 2011

Archaeomagnetic dating method is used to assign a date to the archaeological remains in which burnt soil is found by measuring the changes in terrestrial magnetism with the thermal remanent magnetization retained in burnt soil. This method, in particular, is quite useful to determine an age of the archaeological remains in which no properties are found, which makes it difficult to assigning a date. Hemp kiln and lime kiln fall under remains of these features, and 21 and 5 archaeomagnetic data from both kilns respectively were obtained by measuring the- remanent magnetization in burnt soil samples that are extracted in hemp kilns and lime kilns in the country. The results of archaeomagnetic dating with these data show the age range of the hemp kilns is between the late 10th century A.D. and the middle of the 19th century, and that of the lime kilns is between the early 16th century A.D. and the middle of the 18th century. The factor that the number of data collected from the hemp kilns was comparatively more than those from the lime kilns might affect the result, however corresponding to the fact that hemp had been used for a long period of time, the period of hemp kiln are widely spread over the chronological table. And the archaeomagnetic dating of lime kiln, in view of archaeological periods, is not only in accord with the late Joseon period when the tombs with lime-soil mixture barrier in trend; this is also telling that its width of archaeological period is comparatively narrow.

• Proceedings of the Mineralogical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.7-9
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• 2004

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.46 no.3
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• pp.241-252
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• 2018

It was estimated that the Imdang-dong site of Gyungsan was constructed in the 2nd to 4th century based on excavated layers and artifacts. This study was carried out to verify the result using the dendrochronological analysis of six wooden pillars excavated at the site. As a result, it was proven that 6 specimens were not cut at the same age because their tree-ring chronologies were not synchronized each other. And more, it was reconfirmed in wiggle matching dating as confirming two of them were dated to A.D. 94-135 and A.D. 224-289, respectively. It was coincided with the above-mentioned estimated age. In wood identification, most of them were identified as Hovenia dulcis Thunb., Tilia spp., Ulmus spp. which grow usually under cool environment. Based on the result, we could conclude that the climate at that time was cooler than the present.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for History of Mathematics Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.5.1-5.1
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• 2003

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.45 no.1
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• pp.85-95
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• 2017

This study aimed at more precisely estimating the age of big old trees using dendrochronological method. Gesan-gun in Chungbuk (CBGS), Gurye-gun in Jeonnam (JNGR) and Uljin-gun in Gyeongbuk (GBUJ) were study areas and Zelkova serrata (ZS) and Pinus densiflora (PD) selected as protected trees therein were used as experimental tree species. The increment cores were extracted from 12, 8, and 6 ZSs and 10, 3, and 9 PDs in CBGS, JNGR, and GBUJ, respectively, using an increment borer (${\phi}5.2mm$). In order to clearly distinguish tree-ring boundary, the surface in the transverse section was cut for ZS using a sliding microtome and sanded for PD using a sand paper. Ring widths were measured in the resolution of 0.01 mm. Based on the measurement values, 203-year long (1813-2015) ZS local master tree-ring chronologies were successfully established and 175-year long (1841-2015) ZS local master tree-ring chronology for JNGR was also successfully established. In the case of PD, 154-, 175-, and 250-year long local master tree-ring chronologies for CBGS, JNGR, and GBUJ were successfully established, respectively. In the comparisons between local master tree-ring chronologies, they showed low t-values and Glks. According to the comparisons of the local master tree-ring chronologies with 50-year (1950~2000) average temperature and precipitation distribution maps, the annual variations of local master tree-ring chronologies seem to be determined by not temperature but precipitation. For such cross-dating therefore more local master tree-ring chronologies have to be established at the least based on the distribution map for precipitation.