• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.149-154
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• 2002

Column tests were carried out to examine the effect of surfactant solution conditions on surfactant-enhanced remediation of contaminated soil. The selected conditions of the surfactant solution were concentration and pH. 1,2,4-trichlo-robenzene (TCB) was chosen as the model hydrophobic organic substances. Sodium diphenyl oxide disulfonate (DOSL) and octylphenoxypoly ethoxyethanol (OPEE) surfactants were selected for this study. Two Iowa soils, Fruitfield sand and Webster clay loam, were leached with surfactant solution. The test results revealed that an optimum condition was achieved for 4 %(v/v) of concentration and 10 of pH, respectively. The maximum recoveries of added TCB (93-98%) were obtained when optimal conditions of each surfactant solution parameter were simultaneously met. The optimum conditions of these parameters may be useful for surfactant-assisted remediation in soil contaminated by TCB.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.26 no.1D
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• pp.141-147
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• 2006

Soil losses are occurred by rainfall has caused productivity decline of a fertile surface soil and inflow sediment on Dam reservoir which are the main reasons of the decrease of storage volume and difficulty of water management. In this study, the amount and location of soil losses which were evaluated using USLE(Universal Soil Loss Equation) were applied on soil, landcover, and topographical conditions on the basis of satellite images and GIS. Furthermore, it was possible to evaluate the amount of riverbed sediments using echo-sounder and sediment rate were analyzed by comparing with soil losses.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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• 2002.02a
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• pp.3-8
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• 2002

본 연구는 트랙터 부착형 자동 토양경도 측정 시스템의 개발에 관한 연구로서, 우리나라 토양조건이나 작업형태에 맞는 에너지 절감형 트랙터 로타리날을 개발하기 위한 전단계 연구로서, 기존에 개발된 로타리날과 개량, 보완되어 개발될 로타리날의 성능을 비교 분석하기 위하여 수동 토양경도 측정기의 부정확성을 개량하여 측정의 정확성을 통한 동일 실험조건에서의 실험을 실시하고자 자동으로 작동되며 토양경도측정을 할 수 있는 트랙터 부착형 자동 토양경도 측정 시스템을 개발하는데 목적이 있으며, 그 구체적인 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. (1) 시스템은 토양경도 측정부, 측정장치 구동부, 그리고 트랙터와의 연결부로 구성되었다. (2) 시스템 작동에 필요한 전원공급을 트랙터 배터리에서 공급하였다. (3) 토양경도 측정시 토양속에 돌이나 이물질 층이 형성되어 있는 경우에 콘 페니트로메타가 관입하다가 큰 관입저항 때문에 관입저항 한계설정치까지 가기전 더이상 관입을 못하는 경우가 발생하였다. (5) 성능실험시 관입심이 깊을수록 시험포장 전체에서 대체적으로 토양경도가 높은 것으로 나타났으며, 토양속의 돌이나 이물질 등에의해 경도가 급격히 증가하는 부분이 있는 것으로 사료된다. 이상의 결과에서 살펴보면 본 시스템은 토양경도 측정에 적절하다고 사료된다.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.39-48
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• 2009

Wetland plants are an important component for wetland design and construction because they determine functions of wetlands through interactions with the abiotic environment such as wetland soil and hydrology as well as with other wetland organisms. In this study, germination experiments with soils from a natural wetland that contain seeds of wetland plants were conducted in wetland mesocosms to investigate the applicability of natural wetland soils for introducing and establishing wetland plants into constructed wetlands. Seven species were germinated in the experiment, with two new species that were not found in the field survey of wetland plants in the West Nakdong River area, Korea. The number of plant individuals germinated in submerged conditions (15 individuals) was much greater than that in waterlogged conditions (2 individuals). In experiments in which soils from a natural wetland and a wetland construction site were mixed at different ratios, the largest number of plant individuals was observed in the condition with 100% natural wetland soil. The highest growth was observed at 50% natural wetland soil for Hydrilla verticillata and 100% for Ceratophyllum demersum. These results suggest that 1:1 mixture of soils from natural wetland wetlands and wetland construction sites would provide an appropriate condition for secure establishment of submerged plants in constructed wetlands.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.233-240
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• 1995

Fick's diffusion equation was transformed into algebraic subsidiary equation with its initial and boundary conditions through Laplace transformation, and the subsidiary equation was transformed back on the basis of Burington's table of inverse transformations so that it became the solution of Fick's equation. The initial and boundary condition was for upward diffusion of salts into flooding water of constant depth from uniform polder soil of infinite depth containing constant concentration of salt. The derived solution was tested through comparison for its conformability with other solutions of simpler initial and boundary conditions. The importance of shallow transplanting of rice seedlings and salt removing by growing rice was mentioned on the basis of very slow desalting rate by diffusion calculated from the derived solutions.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.24-30
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• 2002

Ginseng (Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer) has been cultivated on raised beds with shading condition for 4 to 6 years because of its physiological characteristics. This shading condition maintains relatively stable soil environments protecting from rainfall and direct sunlight. Therefore, pesticides in ginseng growing soil are exposed to far different environment from the general cropping field. To study the behavior of pesticides under this condition, the effect of covering on the persistency of Procymidone in ginseng cultivating soil was investigated by using several shade materials. The most important factor affecting Procymidone persistency in soil under covering was water leakage rates of shade materials.

• Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.425-435
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• 2006

The objectives of this research were to investigate the drought resistance as well as the growth of Wisteria floribunda seedlings with the soil water conditions. The seedlings for the research were grown in pots with strict water content control on a frame located outdoors. During the experiments, the soil water contents were adjusted to 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, and 70%. In addition, the effects of Rhizobium inoculation on the growth of seedlings were investigated. The experimental results are summarized as follows: 1. The seedlings in the pots with 5% soil water content withered to death due to the water stress. Withering or any distinct growth was not observed from the seedlings in the 10% soil water content. It can be inferred from these results that about 5% of soil water content is the wilting point of W. floribunda seedlings and about 10% is the critical soil water content of its growth in this experiment soils. Therefore, it seems that W. floribunda possesses a good drought resistance. 2. From the analyses of the main growth parameters such as stem elongation, diameter growth, leaf area growth and total dry weight, it was found that the seedling growth can be improved with increasing soil water contents. The relation between each growth parameter(Y) and the soil water contents(W) was well described by a quadratic equation, $Y=a+bW+cW^2$. 3. In soil water contents higher than 20%, the seedling growth(Y) was remarkable along with-its extended growing period, and related to the growing period(D) by a quadratic equation, $Y=a+bD+cD^2$. 4. The artificial inoculation of Rhizobiun promoted the growth of Wisteria floribunda seedlings. 5. Rhizobium was found to be more readily inoculated and to form more root nodules compared to seedlings grown in higher soil water contents.

• Proceedings of the Mineralogical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1996.10a
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• pp.36-52
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• 1996

유황비료의 효과는 한국에서 널리 인정퇴고 있다. 유황은 토양 산도를 낮게 하고 과실의 당도를 증가 시켜 품질을 향상시킨다. 유황비료는 논과 밭토양에서 산도를 약간 변화시키며 특히 유황분말은 토양산도 교정에 유용하다. 한국농업은 질 높은 농산물을 점차 요구함에 따라 유황비료의 시용이 필요하게 될 것이다. 앞으로 유황비료에 대한 연구는 특별한 토양조건과 작물에서 적정 유황 수준을 밝혀내는 것이다.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.239-247
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• 1983

The effects of some soil conditions on the degradation rate and decomposing pattern of parathion were investigated and the obtained results are summarized as follows: Parathion degraded more rapidly in flooded soils than in non-flooded, in wet soils than in dry soils under non-flooded soils. The degradation rates in paddy and upland soils increased at high temperature than low temperature, higher pesticide concentration than low concentration and higher soil pH level. Parathion in paddy and upland soils was more persistent under soil sterilization than under non-sterilization and degraded rapidly in glucose application. Parathion was more persistent in upland soils than paddy soils under several factors described above. The metabolites identified from the paddy and upland soils by TLC include para-oxon (Rf 0.5), aminoparathion(Rf 0.27), p-nitrophenol(Rf 0.2), p-aminophenol(Rf 0.15). Soil enzyme, acid phosphatase activities decreased more at flooded soils than non-flooded, higher pesticide concentration than low concentration and higher soil pH level and the activity in glucose application was increased. Soil enzymes, urease and dehydrogenase activity decreased more at higher pesticide concentration than low concentration. Comparing with soil enzyme activity in paddy and upland soil, the former was higher than the latter.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.40 no.3
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• pp.215-221
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• 2007

The main purpose of this study is to find the appropriate method to prevent the reduction of infiltration capacity due to sealing of soil surface. The study results indicate that installation of gravel or larger soil facilitates the drainage of infiltrated rainwater. However, considering that the infiltration capacity has been reduced since the installation, it seems that the sealing of soil surface is caused by the inflow of suspended soil into the lower sand layer. To promote the infiltration capacity by reducing the pounding of lower natural soil layer, the sand soil should be placed above the natural soil layer with shallow depth just below the larger gravel. Furthermore, the crust generated above the soil surface should be removed regularly and the sand layer above the natural soil layer should be replaced with new one so that the original infiltration capacity can be maintained properly.