• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.77-95
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• 2001

2000년 1월에 남극 남쉐틀랜드군도(South Shetland Islands) 주변해역에서 수심 200 m 까지 수온, 염분, 영양염, 엽록소, 일차생산력 등을 측정하였다. 표층수온은 남쉐틀랜드군도 북쪽 드레이크해협(Drake Passage)에서 높았고 남극반도 북동해역에서 낮았다. 반대로 염분은 드레이크해협에서 낮았고 남극반도쪽으로 갈수록 점차적으로 증가하여 남극반도 북동해역에서 최고 값을 보였다. 표층해수의 영양염 농도는 대체로 드레이크해협에서 낮은 값을 보였고 남쉐틀랜드군도 인접해역에서 높은 값을 보였다. 엽록소 농도는 드레이크해협과 남극반도 인접해역에서 낮았고 킹조오지섬(King George Island) 북쪽해역에서 높았다. 연구해역은 T-S diagram의 특징적인 형태에 따라 4개 해역으로 구분된다; 드레이크해협, 브랜스필드해협 (Bransfield Strait), 혼합 해역(Mixed zone), 웨델해(Weddell Sea) 해역. 이들 4개 해역들은 각각 특징적인 물리, 화학, 생물학적 특성을 보였다. 식물플랑크톤 생물량은 드레이크해협과 웨델해 해역에서 상대적으로 낮았고 브랜스필드해협과 혼합 해역에서 높았다. 웨델해 해역에서 식물플랑크톤 생물량이 낮은 것은 낮은 수온과 수심 200 m 이상의 깊은 표층혼합 때문이라고 생각되고 드레이크해협 해역에서는 높은 동물플랑크톤 포식압과 낮은 철농도 때문인 것으로 생각된다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.457-472
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• 2011

To elucidate the trophic role of heterotrophic nano- and microplankton (HNMP), we investigated their biomass, community structure, and herbivory in three different water masses, namely, south of Polar Front (SPF), Polar Front Zone (PFZ), the Sub-Antarcitc Front (SAF) in the Drake Passage in the Southern Ocean, during the austral summer in 2002. We observed a spatial difference in the relative importance of the dominant HNMP community in these water masses. Ciliates accounted for 34.7% of the total biomass on an average in the SPF where the concentration of chlorophyll-a was low with the dominance of pico- and nanophytoplankton. Moreover, the importance of ciliates declined from the SPF to the SAF. In contrast, heterotrophic dinoflagellates (HDFs) were the most dominant grazers in the PFZ where the concentration of chlorophyll-a was high with the dominance of net phytoplankton. HNMP biomass ranged from 321.9 to 751.4 $mgCm^{-2}$ and was highest in the PFZ and lowest in the SPF. This result implies that the spatial dynamic of HNMP biomass and community was significantly influenced by the composition and concentration of phytoplankton as a food source. On an average, 75.6%, 94.5%, and 78.9% of the phytoplankton production were consumed by HNMP in the SPF, PFZ, and SAF, respectively. The proportion of phytoplankton grazed by HNMP was largely determined by the composition and biomass of HNMP, as well as the composition of phytoplankton. However, the herbivory of HNMP was one of the most important loss processes affecting the biomass and composition of phytoplankton particularly in the PFZ. Our results suggest that the bulk of the photosynthetically fixed carbon was likely reprocessed by HNMP rather than contributing to the vertical flux in Drake Passage during the austral summer in 2002.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.407-418
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• 2008

Seawater samples were collected at discrete depths from five stations across the polar front in the Drake Passage (Antarctic Ocean) by the $20^{th}$ Korea Antarctic Research Program in December, 2006. Nitrate concentrations of seawater increase with depth within the photic zone above the depth of Upper Circumpolar Deep Water (UCDW). In contrast, ${\delta}^{15}N$ values of seawater nitrate decrease with depth, showing a mirror image to the nitrate variation. Such a distinct vertical variation is mainly attributed to the degree of nitrate assimilation by phytoplankton as well as organic matter degradation of sinking particles within the surface layer. The preferential $^{14}{NO_3}^-$ assimilation by the phytoplankton causes $^{15}{NO_3}^-$ concentration to become high in a closedsystem surface-water environment during the primary production, whereas more $^{14}{NO_3}^-$ is added to the seawater during the degradation of sinking organic particles. The water-mass mixing seems to play an important role in the alteration of ${\delta}^{15}N$ values in the deep layer below the UCDW. Across the polar front, nitrate concentrations of surface seawater decrease and corresponding ${\delta}^{15}N$ values increase northward, which is likely due to the degree of nitrate utilization during the primary production. Based on the Rayleigh model, the calculated ${\varepsilon}$ (isotope effect of nitrate uptake) values between 4.0%o and 5.8%o were validated by the previously reported data, although the preformed ${\delta}^{15}{{NO_3}^-}_{initial}$ value of UCDW is important in the calculation of ${\varepsilon}$ values.

• 한국광물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국광물학회.한국암석학회 2005년도 공동학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.92-96
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• 2005

• 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.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.273-284
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• 2002

인공위성 레이더고도 측정값으로부터 유도된 중력이상으로턱터 남극 드레이크해협의 해저지형을 계산하기 위해 Gravity-Geologic Method(GGM)를 적용하였다. 총 6548개의 음항측심자료 중 2/3는 control depth로, 나머지는 결과 검증을 위한 check point 자료로 이용하였다. 효과적인 계산을 위해 해수와 해저지형의 밀도차이는 check point를 이용, 9.0 gm/㎤로 가정하였다. Control depth로부터 광역중력이상을 계산하였고, 이를 Sandwell & Smith(1997)의 중력이상으로부터 제거하여 해저지형의 기복에 의한 중력 효과를 계산하였으며, 이로부터 해저지형을 복원하였다. Selective Merging 기법을 개발하여 복원된 해저지형과 고주파 측심자료를 효과적으로 합성하였다. 복원된 해저지형은 한국해양연구원의 측심자료, GEODAS 및 전지구 모델 ETOPO5 결과와 각각 0.91, 0.92, 0.85의 상관계수를 갖으며, Selective Merging을 이용한 최종 결과는 GEODAS 및 Smith Sandwell(1997)의 결과와 각각 0.948 및 0.954의 상관관계 및 449.8, 441.3 m의 RMS 오차를 갖는다. GGM을 이용하여 계산된 해저지형은 측심이 충분히 이루어지지 않은 지역의 경우 전지구모델(ETOPO5)이나 자료의 양이 불충분한 음항측심에 의한 결과보다 우수한 것으로 나타났다.

• 대한자원환경지질학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한자원환경지질학회 2000년도 춘계공동학술발표회
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• pp.305-307
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• 2000

• 한국지구과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지구과학회 2005년도 추계학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.136-141
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• 2005

The K Ar ages, whole rock geochemistry and Sr Nd Pb isotopes have been determined for the submarine basalts dredged from the P2 and P3 segments of the Antarctic-Phoenix Ridge (APR), Drake Passage, Antarctica, for better understanding on temporal variation of magma chemistry in association with extinction of seafloor spreading. The fossilized APR is distant from the known hot spots, and consists of older N-MORB prior to extinction of spreading and younger E-MORB after extinction. The older N-MORB (3.5-6.4 Ma) occur in the southeast flank of the P3 segment (PR3) and the younger E-MORB (1.4-3.1 Ma) comprise a huge seamount at the P3 segment (SPR) and a big volcanic edifice at the P2 segment (PR2). The N-type PR3 basalts have higher Mg#, K/Ba, and CaO/Al2O3 and lower Zr/Y, Sr, and Na8.0 with slight enrichment in incompatible elements and almost flat REE patterns. The E-type SPR and PR2 basalts are highly enriched in incompatible elements and LREE. The extinction of spreading occurring at 3.3 Ma seems to have led to a temporal magma oversupply with E-MORB signatures. Geochemical signatures such as Ba/TiO2, Ba/La, and Sm/La suggest heterogeneity of upper mantle and formation of E-MORB by higher contribution of enriched materials to mantle melting, compared to N-MORB environment. E-MORB magmas beneath the APR seem to have been produced by low melting degree (up to 1% or more) at deeper low-temperature regime, where metasomatized veins consisting of pyroxenites have preferentially participated in the melting. The occurrence of E-MORB at the APR is a good example to better understand what kinds of magmatism would occur in association with extinction of spreading.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.625-631
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• 2003

While phytoplankton diversity and productivity in the Southern Ocean has been widely studied in recent years, most attention has been given to elucidating environmental factors that affect the dynamics of micro-plankton (mainly diatoms) and nano-plankton (mainly Phaeocystis antarctica). Only limited effects have been given to studying the occurrence and the potential risks associated with the blooming of dinoflagellates in the relevant waters. This study focused on the appearance and toxicological characteristics of a toxic dinoflagellate, Alexandrium tamarense, identified and isolated from the Drake Passage in a research cruise from November to December 2001 The appearance of A. tamarense in the Southern Ocean indicates the risk of a paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) outbreak there and is therefore of scientific concern. Results showed that while the overall quantity of A. tamarense in water samples from 30meters below the sea surface often comprised less than 0.1% of the total population of phytoplankton, the highest concentration of A. tamarense (20 cells $L^{-1}$) was recorded in the portion of the Southern Ocean between the southern end of South America and the Falkland Islands. Waters near the Polar Front contained the second highest concentrations of 10-15 cells $L^{-1}$. A. tamarense was however rarely found in waters near the southern side of the Polar Front, indicating that cold sea temperatures near the Antarctic ice does not favor the growth of this dinoflagellate. One strain of A. tamarense from this cruise was isolated and cultured for further study in the laboratory. Experiments showed that this strain of A. tamarense has a high tolerance to temperature variations and could survive at temperatures ranging from $5-26^{\circ}C$. This shows the cosmopolitan nature off. tamarense. With regard to the algal toxins produced, this strain of A. tamarense produced mainly C-2 toxins but very little saxitoxin and gonyailtoxin. The toxicological property of this A. tamarense strain coincided with a massive death of penguins in the Falkland Islands in December 2002 to January 2003.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.225-234
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• 2014

The 2011 Tohoku earthquake triggered extremely destructive tsunami waves which propagated over the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean through Drake Passage and Indian Ocean respectively. A total of 10 tide-gauge records collected from the UNESCO/IOC site were analyzed through a band-pass digital filtering device to examine the observed tsunami characteristics. The ray tracing method and finite-difference model with GEBCO 30 arc second bathymetry were also applied to compare the travel times of the Tohoku-originated tsunami, particularly at Rodrigues in the Indian Ocean and King Edward Point in the Atlantic Ocean with observation-based estimates. At both locations the finite-difference model produced the shortest arrival times, while the ray method produced the longest arrival times. Values of the travel time difference however appear to be within tolerable ranges, considering the propagation distance of the tsunami waves. The observed tsunami at Rodrigues, Mauritius in the west of the Madagascar was found to take a clockwise travel path around Australia and New Zealand, while the observed tsunami at King Edward Point in the southern Atlantic Ocean was found to traverse the Pacific Ocean and then passed into the Atlantic Ocean through the Drake Strait. The formation of icebergs captured by satellite images in Sulzberger in the Antarctica also supports the long-range propagation of the Tohoku-originated tsunami.