• 지구물리
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.291-299
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• 2006

The observed ocean barotropic circulation is not completely explained by the classical wind-driven circulation theory. Although it is believed that the thermohaline forcing plays a role in the ocean barotropic circulation to some degree, how much the thermohaline forcing contributes to the barotropic circulation is not well known. The role of thermohaline circulation driven by changes in temperature and salinity in the Southern Ocean (SO) water masses on the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) transport is investigated using a coupled ocean - atmosphere - sea ice - land surface climate system model in a Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) context. Withthe implementation of glacial boundary conditions in a coupled model, a substantial increase in the ACC transport by about 75% in 80 years of integration and 25% in the near LGM equilibrium is obtained despite of the decreases in the magnitude of wind stresses over the SO by 33% in the transient time and 20% in the near-equilibrium. This result suggests that the increase in the barotropic ACC transport is due to factors other than the wind forcing. The change in ocean thermohaline circulation in the SO seems to play a significant role in enhancing the ACC transport in association with the change in the bottom pressure torque.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.69-82
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• 2022

The Ross Sea, Antarctica plays an important role in the formation of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) which is the densest water mass in global thermohaline circulation. Of the AABW, 25% is formed in the Ross Sea, and sea ice formation at the polynya (ice-free area) developed in front of ice shelves of the Ross Sea is considered as a pivotal mechanism for AABW production. For this reason, monitoring the Ross Sea variations is very important to understand changes of global thermohaline circulation influenced by climate change. In addition, the Ross Sea is also regarded as a natural laboratory in investigating ice-ocean interactions owing to the development of the polynya. In this article, I introduce characteristics of the Ross Sea described in previous observational studies, and investigate variations that have occurred in the Ross Sea in the past and those taking place in the present. Furthermore, based on these observational results, I outline variations or changes that can be anticipated in the Ross Sea in the future, and make an appeal to researchers regarding the importance and necessity of continuous observations in the Ross Sea.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제52권4호
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• pp.318-324
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• 2016

Commercial split beam echosounder (ES70) installed on a krill fishing vessel was calibrated in order to utilize it in estimating biomass of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba). The method of calibration was to analyze the difference between the bottom backscattering strength of the commercial split beam echosounder (i.e. ES70) and the scientific echosounder (i.e. EK60) at one of transects near South Shetland Islands designated by CCAMLR. 38 kHz and 120 kHz were used for the calibration, and krill swarm signal levels obtained from multi frequencies, was examined to verify the calibration result. The analysis result indicated possibility of calibration by bottom backscattering strength, since the proportion of krill swarm signals within 2 dB < $S_{V\;120\;kHz-38\;kHz}$ < 12 dB (i.e. a common $S_{V\;120\;kHz-38\;kHz}$ range of 38 kHz and 120 kHz to be an indicator of Antarctic krill) over the total acoustic signals were 26.95% and 92.04%, respectively before and after the calibration.

• 지구물리
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.241-250
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• 1999

남극 브랜스필드 해협에서 획득한 탄성파 자료로부터 다중반사파와 해저면 반사파의 진폭비를 이용하여 해저면 반사계수를 구하였다. 시험 자료처리 결과에 의하면 측점에 따른 심한 변동오차를 감소시키기 위하여 이동평균이 효과적임을 보여준다. 계산된 해저면 반사계수와 해저면 물성에 반영된 지질환경과의 관련성을 분석하였다. 중부 브랜스필드분지 지역에서는 퇴적물의 공급원으로부터의 거리가 멀수록 반사계수가 감소하는 변화양상이 우세하여, 사면 근처에서는 0.12∼0.2 사이, 분지의 중심에서는 0.1∼0.12 사이의 반사계수를 나타낸다. 서부 브랜스필드분지에서 지역적으로 나타나는 빙하침식 지형에서는 반사계수가 0.2∼0.3의 범위 내에서 변하였으며, 확장중심의 화산분출물이 노출된 지역은 0.2 이상의 큰 반사계수를 나타냈다. 또한 지체구조운동에 의해 상승작용을 받은 고지층들이 후기의 빙하침식작용에 의해 해저면에 드러난 지역에서는 해저면 반사계수가 비교적 크게 나타났다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.127-136
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• 1999

Radiolarian assemblages from KODOS area were analyzed in order to understand the biostratigraphy and paleoceanography of deep-sea sediment from the Northeast Equatorial Pacific. The sediment core was divided into two or three units on the basis of the chemical and physical properties. In the upper sediment, mixtures of Quaternary and Tertiary radiolarians are found indicating active reworking processes. Dissolution of radiolarians seem to increase with depth. Radiolarians are seldom in Unit III presumably due to dissolution and corrosion. The middle part of unit I appears to correspond to Collosphaera invaginata Zone (0.21 Ma). Unit II belongs to Collosphaera tuberosa Zone. Based on the absence of Stylatractus universus, we estimate its age to be younger than 0.42 Ma. Based on our analyses of radiolarians in Unit I and II, we estimated the age of unit III as Tertiary, particularly from Oligocene to Miocene. There may to be hiatuses of more than 3 My from late Miocene to Pliocene, which probably resulted from erosion and dissolution by the Antarctic Bottom Water Sedimentation rates during Quaternary range from 0.15 to 0.50 mm/ky with significant variabilities among stations. Radiolarians in the study area were mostly warm-water species.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.304-311
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• 2008

Patagonian toothfish(Dissostichus eleginoides) was investigated in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean during the period of 19 March to 7 July 2007 by commercial bottom longliners. The number of 116 hauls were carried out individually in this study area by two bottom longliners during 111 days. The total catches were 89,559kg(9.91kg/100hooks) and 66,758kg(7.38kg/100hooks), respectively. Most Patagonian toothfishes were caught on the $46-48^{\circ}S$, $6-11^{\circ}E$ of southeastern Atlantic Ocean. Patagonian toothfish comprised 67.01-92.49%(by weight) of the catches in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean. No Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) was caught during the surveys. Patagonian toothfish was found throughout the experimental area, but the density was considerably greater in the layer of 1,300-1,900m, where 49.88% of the fishes were caught. Smaller fishes were generally distributed to the shallow waters and larger fish were more frequently caught with the depth. Mean size of Patagonian toothfish increased with depth of capture. Accordingly economically profitable fishing activities for the Patagonian toothfish fishery requires an understanding of the size distribution of the Patagonian toothfish by depth.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.341-349
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• 2004

Hyrdography and deep currents were measured from 1997 to 1999 to investigate deep-sea environments in the KODOS (Korea Deep Ocean Study) area of the northeastern tropical Pacific. KODOS area is located meridionally from the North Equatorial Current to the boundary between the North Equatorial Current and the Equatorial Counter Current. Strong thermocline exists between 10 m and 120 m depths at the study area. Since that strong thermocline does hardly allow vertical mixing between surface and lower layer waters, vertical distributions of temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen and nutrients drastically change near the thermocline. Salinity-minimum layer, which indicate the North Pacific Intermediate Water (NPIW) and the Antartic Intermediate Water (AAIW), vertically occupies vertically at the depths from 500 m down to 1400 m. The NPIW and the AAIW horizontally occur to the north and to the south of $7^{\circ}N$, respectively. The near-bottom water shows the physical characteristics of $1.05^{\circ}C$ and 34.70 psu at the depths of 10 m to 110 m above the bottom (approximately 4000-5000 m), which was originated from the Antarctic Circumpolar Water. It flows northeastwards for 2 to 4 months at the study area, and its mean velocity was 3.1-3.7 cm/s. Meanwhile, reverse (southwestward) currents appear for about 15 days with the average of 1.0-6.1 cm/s every 1 to 6 months. Dominant direction of the bottom currents obtained from the data for more than 6 months is northeastward with the average speeds of 1.7-2.1 cm/s. Therefore, it seems that deep waters from the Antarctica flow northwards passing through the KODOS area in the northeastern tropical Pacific.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.442-453
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• 2002

남극 드레이크해협 남부에서 채취한 코아퇴적물(GC 98-06)로부터 32개의 시료를 얻어 고생물학적으로 연구한 결과 총 23속 64종의 규조 미화석이 감정되었다. 산출된 규조 미화석의 군집 조성 중 Actinocyclus actinochilus, Coscinodiscus asteromphalus, Eucampia antarctica, Fragilariopsis kerguelensis, Thalassiosira lentiginosa, T. ritscheri와 T. anguste-lineata 등이 우점종으로 전체 군집의 73%를 차지한다. 공해환경을 지시해 주는 종들이 Bransfield Strait Water에 의해 유입된 해빙종들에 비해서 다량 산출되며, 제 4기 지시종과 제 3기의 마이오세와 플라이오세를 지시해주는 종들이 혼합되어 산출되는 것은, 퇴적물의 퇴적 당시 고환경이 주로 남극 순환수에 의해 운반된 남극저층수(Circumpolar deep water)에 의해 영향을 받아서 주변의 고기 퇴적물로부터 규조 화석들이 재이동 되었음을 의미한다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.23-35
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• 2015

A 450 m-long sediment section was recovered from Hole U1359D located at the eastern levee of the Jussieau submarine channel on the Wilkes Land continental rise (East Antarctica) during IODP Expedition 318. The age model for Hole U1359D was established by paleomagnetic stratigraphy and biostratigraphy, and the ages of core-top and core-bottom were estimated to be about 5 Ma and 13 Ma, respectively. Biogenic opal content during this period varied between 3% and 60%. In the Southern Ocean, high biogenic opal content generally represents warm climate characterized by the increased light availability due to the decrease of sea-ice distribution. The surface water productivity change in terms of biogenic opal content at about 10.2 Ma in the Wilkes Land continental rise was related to the development of Northern Component Water. After about 10.2 Ma, more production of Northern Component Water in the North Atlantic caused to increase heat transport to the Southern Ocean, resulting in the enhanced diatom production. Miocene isotope events (Mi4~Mi7), which are intermittent cooling intervals during the Miocene, appeared to be correlated to the low biogenic opal contents, but further refinement was required for precise correlation. Biogenic opal content decreased abruptly during 6 Ma to 5.5 Ma, which most likely corresponds to the Messinian salinity crisis. Short-term variation of biogenic opal content was related to the extent of sea-ice distribution associated with the location of Antarctic Polar Front that was controlled by glacial-interglacial paleoclimate change, although more precise dating and correlation will be necessary. Diatom production in the Wilkes Land continental rise increased during the interglacial periods because of the reduced sea-ice distribution and the southward movement of Antarctic Polar Front.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제13권12호
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• pp.5-16
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• 2012

우리나라는 세종과학기지에 이어 두 번째로 남극에 과학기지를 건설하는 사업을 진행하고 있다. 남극은 영구동토지역으로 분류되지만 일부 지반의 상부에는 활동층이 존재한다. 이 활동층이 동결되면 동결팽창으로 인해 지반의 융기가 발생하고 구조물에 부가적인 응력이 유발되어 구조물 안정에 심각한 영향을 미치게 된다. 그러므로 남극 기지 건설지에 대한 동상 특성을 파악하는 것은 구조물의 수명 및 안정성을 확보하기 위해 필수적이라고 할 수 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 남극 제2기지 건설지에 대한 동상민감성을 정량적으로 평가하고 흙 입자의 크기와 부동수분량이 동상에 미치는 영향을 파악하는 것이다. 이를 위해 동남극 테라노바만 주변 기지 건설지 표층에서 채취한 흙 시료에 대해 기본물성실험과 부동수분실험, 동상실험을 수행하였다. 동상실험의 경우 공시체 상부에 냉기를 주입하고 하부에는 물을 지속적으로 공급하여 동상이 발생하도록 유도하였다. 동상실험으로부터 공시체의 동상량과 동상비, 동상속도를 도출하였고, 실험 결과가 흙 입자의 크기 및 부동수분량과 어떤 상관관계가 있는지 분석하였다. 분석 결과 채취한 시료의 미세분 함량이 일정비율을 넘으면 흙 시료의 동상이 크게 발생하였고, 동결토 내의 부동수분에 따라 동상정수는 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 동남극 테라노바만 흙 시료에 대하여, 동결토의 동상에 중요한 영향인자인 흙 입자의 크기 및 부동수분량과 동상량 사이의 관계를 실험적으로 규명하였다는 데에 그 의의가 있다.