• Journal of the Korean Society of Groundwater Environment
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.44-55
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• 1998

Imgok creek is the most severly polluted one out of the streams which have been being polluted by acid drainages from the abandoned coal mines in the Gangdong-Myeon area, the central part of the so called Gangreung coal field. Imgok creek is being mainly polluted by the drainage from Youngdong coal mine, which supplies such pollutants as Mg, Fe, Al, Si, Ca, Mn, and SO$_4$as major dissolved components and Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Rb, Sr, Cd, Pb, and U as minor dissolved components. After the influx, the pollutants migrate mainly as dissolved solid, rather than as suspended solids along Imgok creek. The suspended solids in Imgok creek are very rich in Fe and Al, indicating that they mainly consist of the precipitates of present and past from the polluted water. Most of the dissolved components in the stream waters of Imgok creek removed from the aqueous phase by precipitation and dilution before reaching the East Sea, so that water quality of the downstreams of Imgok creek is very similar to that of unpolluted tributaries. It suggests that Imgok creek itself is now being severly polluted by the acid drainages from the abandoned coal mines, but the East Sea is relatively safe from the same pollution. The estuary and sea waters around the Goonseon estuary, which accepts Imgok creek water, certainly show no significant difference in chemical compositions from the mean oceanic water. The bottom sediments at the sampling sites of the sea waters also show no significant trend of their component variation, especially the variations of Fe, SO$_4$ and Al concentrations. These facts again supper that the acid mine drainage is not considerablly polluting the East Sea. However, the tributaries supplying the fresh water to the Imgok creek will be certainly polluted by the acid mine drainage as time passes and pollutants will have more chance to migrate in significant amount to the downstream area, which all can be a real threats to the East Sea on the pollution possibility. Therefore, it is suggested that urgently required are not only water quality and environmental improvement of the severely polluted Imgok creek but also preparation of the measures on the possible future pollution of the East Sea by the acid drainage from the abandoned coal mines in the area, while the East Sea is still not much affected by the pollution of the same kind.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.1601-1604
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• 2006

본 연구는 교각주위에 발생하는 국소 세굴의 특성을 파악하기 위해 세굴공의 형태, 범위, 최대세굴심의 특성을 분석하였으며, 이를 위한 교각 형태의 변화에 따른 교각주위의 국소세굴 변화 양상에 관한 실험을 수행 하였다. 정적세굴조건을 유지하면서 평형상태에 도달한 후 전형적인 세굴공의 형태는 교각전면부에서 반원이고, 교각후면부에서는 반타원의 형태를 나타내었으며, 교각형상으로 인한 상대세굴심은 마름모일 때 가장 크게 나타났다. 최대 세굴심은 흐름이 교각과 부딪쳐서 하강류가 발생하는 지점인 교각전면부에 발생되었다. 이는 하강류가 교각 전면부에 세굴공으로부터 하상물질을 세굴공 외부로 이송시키는 역할을 하기 때문으로 판단된다. 마지막으로 본 실험을 통해 교각 후면부의 하류구간에서 교각에 의해 교란된 물의 흐름의 영향으로 인한 세굴공의 형상을 분석하여 보면 세굴공의 경사가 후면부에서는 완만하게 형성되어 있었고, 하류구간에는 세굴공에서 침식, 이동된 토사가 퇴적되어 하상이 원 하상고보다 높게 형성된 것을 관찰할 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers Conference
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• 2002.08a
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• pp.208-211
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• 2002

The Kyunggi Bay (125-l28E, 36-38N) is a macro-tidal bay in the western central port of Korean Peninsula(Fig. 1). The Bay characterizes its feature as wide tidal flats, deep tidal channels and tidal sand ridges running in parallel to tidal flows. The macro-tidal range (up to approximately 8.6m) and consequent strong tidal currents erode the bottom sediment and selectively transport to the low-energy area forming tidal ridges or tidal flats. (omitted)

• Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.35 no.3 s.99
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• pp.198-212
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• 2002

A numerical variation and abnormalities were studied on egg bags and embryos of Korean salamander, Hynobius leechii from agricultural habitat. The teratogenic and toxic effects of fungicide benomyl were also investigated with early embryos from non-agricultural habitat. We collected 144 egg bags from agricultural region, and 3418 of early embryos were contained. The lengths of egg bags were varied from 10 to 23 cm and the most frequent length was 19 cm. The number of embryos was varied from 7 to 43, and the most frequent range was 22 to 26. Spontaneous abnormalities were occurred in 406 embryos among 116 egg bags, and 24 kinds of external abnormalities were found. Individuals showing severe external defect were histologically studied and they showed optic dyspalsia, thyroid carcinoma, somatic muscular dysplasia, partial biaxial structure, decrease of red blood cells in the heart, cephalic degeneration and intestinal dysplasia. 385 embryos from non-agricultural region were exposed to 200 nM${\sim}$ 1 ${\mu}$M of benomyl at blastula or gastrula for 12 days. All embryo were dead in the concentration of 1 ${\mu}$M (LD$_{100}$) and 75% of embryos were dead in 800nM of benomyl. Speciflc effect due to benomyl was acrania or cephalic dysplasia and this restult suggests that the benomyl inhibit stongly to the development of neural tissue. These abnormal developments may be caused by antimitotic action, inhibition of tubulin complex, destruction of microtubule, inhibitions of neurulation and closing of neural fold, and by the inhibition of the movement of neural crest cells.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2004.05b
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• pp.386-390
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• 2004

하천은 자연 상태에서 내부분 단일 하천이 아닌 몇 개의 지류가 본류와 만나는 복잡한 하천망을 구성하며 하류로 흘러간다. 이 때 본류와 지류가 만나는 합류부에서는 본류와 지류의 합류각도나 유량에 의해 수리학적인 특성이 매우 민감하게 변화한다. 수리학적 특성에서는 수심이나 유속 등의 흐름에 대한 분석이 있을 뿐 아니라, 유사이동에서의 침식이나 퇴적과 같은 하상변동도 중요하게 고려되어야 한다. 그러나, 지금까지 합류점에 내한 연구가 대부분 물의 흐름 해석에 관한 연구이며, 하상변화에 대한 연구가 상당히 부족하다. 본 실험 연구에서는 본류와 지류의 접근각도를 $60^{\circ},\;75^{\circ},\;90^{\circ}$로 변화시키면서 분석하였으며, 유량비는 1:0.2, 1:0.35, 1:0.5로 변화시키면서 분석하였다. 이때 사용한 모형수로는 본류와 지류의 폭을 1:0.8로 하였으며, 이동상 실험을 위해 입경 1mm인 균일 모래를 이용하여 실험하였다. 그 결과 침식되는 길이는 유량비 및 접근각도가 증가함에 따라 커지는 경향을 나타내고 있으며, 이는 합류부에서의 하상침식에 대한 개선방향으로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 판단되고 있으며, 또한 접근각도가 증가함에 따라서는 최심경사는 점차 증가하는 것으로 나타났으나, 유량비가 증가함에 따라 감소하는 것으로 나타났다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.286-286
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• 2017

자연재난은 전 세계적으로 인명 및 재산피해를 야기하고, 근래에는 기후변화로 인한 국지성 집중호우와 태풍의 발생빈도가 증가하고 있으며, 국토면적의 64%가 산지로 이루어져 있는 우리나라에서는 산지재해의 위험 가능성이 매우 높다. 이 중 토석류 재해는 붕괴된 토사가 물과 함께 섞여 높은 농도로 하류를 향해 이동하기 때문에 그 발생시점과 발생위치를 예측하기 어렵고, 토석류의 이동경로와 퇴적부 지점에 위치하고 있는 시설물 및 인명에 매우 큰 피해를 입히는 자연재해 중 하나이다. 본 연구대상지역은 충북제천시 봉양읍 공전리 일대에 위치하고 있으며, 2009년 7월 시간최대강우량 64mm, 누적강우량 455m의 집중호우로 인해 토석류가 발생하였고, 하류부에 위치한 민가와 비닐하우스, 농경지등에 피해가 발생하였다. 이에 본 연구에서는 지상LiDAR를 활용하여 고정밀도 DEM(Digital Elevation Model)을 구축하였다. 그리고 토석류 수치모형 중 미연방재난관리청(FEMA)에서 토석류 해석에 권장하고 있는 프로그램 FLO-2D모형과 일본에서 개발된 Kanako-2D모형을 적용하여 실측된 토석류 확산범위와 유출토사량을 수치모형의 결과와 비교분석하여 모형의 적용성을 검토하였다.

• Water for future
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.107-120
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• 1995

This study is concerned with the hydraulic experiments of Modi Khola Hydroelectric in Nepal. The experimental domain consists of the intake structure and the settling basin. The intake structure was made by the undistorted model with the scale of 1:20, the settling basin by the distorted model with the scale of 1:10(vertical) and 1:15(horizontal). Based on the movable bed model theory, the 'Anthracite'($\rho_s$ =1.48) is chosen as a model material. According to the model tests, the installation of the guide wall with proper height and the proper control of the flushing gate are required for the effective flushing in the intake structure. In the settling basin a more proper design of the inlet in order to constrain the turbulence flow is required for an efficient sedimentation and the installation of another flushing pipe near the maximum sedimental area is required. Since the trap efficiency is measured about 95%, it is concluded that the design of the settling basin is proper.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.43 no.1
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• pp.51-59
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• 2010

The sediments and soils around a mine are likely to be exposed to contamination of arsenic (As) through mining operations. In this study, the factors associated with As movement in soils around a closed zinc (Zn) mine were evaluated by the relationship of As distributions to physico-chemical properties of soils. A sequential extraction scheme, based on a soil P fractionation, was used to assess the As distributionsin solid phases. A significant difference in As distributions was found between paddy and upland soils. While As contents of paddy soils increased with soil depth, those of upland soils decreased with soil depth. In upland soils, As showed additional significant relationships to oxides of Si, Al and Fe. Although a major fraction of As in soils was found to be in the NaOH extractable fraction, As exhibited highly significant relationship to the Zn species that apparently originated from the mine. Therefore, As mobility around Zn mine seems to be governed by mass flow of the particulates containing As-associated Zn in paddy soils, whereas retention reactions such as adsorption, complexation, and precipitation seem to predominate in upland soils.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.45 no.3
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• pp.317-333
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• 2012

The Yeongweol Group is a Lower Paleozoic mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sequence in the Taebaeksan Basin of Korea, and consists of five lithologic formations: Sambangsan, Machari, Wagok, Mungok, and Yeongheung in ascending order. Sequence stratigraphic interpretation of the group indicates that initial flooding in the Yeongweol area of the Taebaeksan Basin resulted in basal siliciclastic-dominated sequences of the Sambangsan Formation during the Middle Cambrian. The accelerated sea-level rise in the late Middle to early Late Cambrian generated a mixed carbonate-siliciclastic slope or deep ramp sequence of shale, grainstone and breccia intercalations, representing the lower part of the Machari Formation. The continued rise of sea level in the Late Cambrian made substantial accommodation space and activated subtidal carbonate factory, forming carbonate-dominated subtidal platform sequence in the middle and upper parts of the Machari Formation. The overlying Wagok Formation might originally be a ramp carbonate sequence of subtidal ribbon carbonates and marls with conglomerates, deposited during the normal rise of relative sea level in the late Late Cambrian. The formation was affected by unstable dolomitization shortly after the deposition during the relative sea-level fall in the latest Cambrian or earliest Ordovician. Subsequently, it was extensively dolomitized under the deep burial diagenetic condition. During the Early Ordovician (Tremadocian), global transgression (viz. Sauk) was continued, and subtidal ramp deposition was sustained in the Yeongweol platform, forming the Mungok Formation. The formation is overlain by the peritidal carbonates of the Yeongheung Formation, and is stacked by cyclic sedimentation during the Early to Middle Ordovician (Arenigian to Caradocian). The lithologic change from subtidal ramp to peritidal facies is preserved at the uppermost part of the Mungok Formation. The transition between Sauk and Tippecanoe sequences is recognized within the middle part of the Yeongheung Formation as a minimum accommodation zone. The global eustatic fall in the earliest Middle Ordovician and the ensuing rise of relative sea level during the Darrwillian to Caradocian produced broadly-prograding peritidal carbonates of shallowing-upward cyclic successions within the Yeongheung Formation. The reconstructed relative sea-level curve of the Yeongweol platform is very similar to that of the Taebaek platform. This reveals that the Yeongweol platform experienced same tectonic movements with the Taebaek platform, and consequently that both platform sequences might be located in a body or somewhere separately in the margin of the North China platform. The significant differences in lithologic and stratigraphic successions imply that the Yeongweol platform was much far from the Taebaek platform and not associated with the Taebaek platform as a single depositional system. The Yeongweol platform was probably located in relatively open shallow marine environments, whereas the Taebaek platform was a part of the restricted embayments. During the late Paleozoic to early Mesozoic amalgamations of the Korean massifs, the Yeongweol platform was probably pushed against the Taebaek platform by the complex movement, forming fragmented platform sequences of the Taebaeksan Basin.

• Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.287-293
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• 2018

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.