• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제29권1D호
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• pp.121-128
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• 2009

세종과학기지(KingSejong Station)가 위치한 킹조지섬(King George Island)은 지역 특성상 남극대륙으로 향하는 관문이면서 전초기지와 같은 역할을 하는 지역으로 한국의 남극 활동 영역 확장에 지대한 영향을 끼치고 있다. 그러나 현재 세종과 학기지 주변의 지리정보는 정밀측량이 이루어 지지 못하여 우리나라 활동영역에 대한 정확한 지리적 위치정보를 확보하지 못한 상태이며, 또한 지리정보구축의 가장 기본적이면서 세종과학기지의 국제 활동에 대한 묵시적 표현수단이라 할 수 있는 지도를 외국에 의존하여 사용하고 있는 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 경량 항공사진측량을 적용하여 지리정보구축에 필요한 수치지형도를 제작하고 기존의 수치지형도와 비교하여 빙하 후퇴와 변화 분석을 실시함으로써 향후 남극 환경과 관련한 연구에 실용적인 기초자료로 제공하고자 한다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.507-514
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• 2004

A sediment core drilled from Lake langer on King George Island was analyzed for a variety of textural md geochemical properties along with $^{14}C$ age dates. These data were combined with published records of other cores to provide a detailed history of Holocene variation of total organic carbon (TOC) contents with respect to terrestrial paleoclimate change. The lithologic contrast of the lower diamicton and upper fine-grained sediments shows the glacier activity and subsequent lake formation. Low TOC contents fluctuated during the diamicton deposition whereas the increase of TOC began with the lake formation during the postglacial period that started about 5,000 yr B.p More notable are the distinct TOC peaks that may imply enhanced primary productivity during the warm period. The uniform and low TOC contents may reflect the limited productivity during the evolution of the lake. However, the recent TOC readvance clearly indicates gradual warming on King George Island. However, the paleoclimatic signature in the terrestrial lake environment during the Holocene seems to be subtle and less distinct, compared to the marine environment.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.137-147
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• 1999

Penguins are one of the key constituent organisms in the Antarctic ecosystem. A total of 18 species of penguins occur only in the southern hemisphere from the Galapagos Archipelago to southern area off Australia and New Zealand, South Africa, South America, and the islands scattered in the Southern Ocean to the coast along the Antarctic Continent. In the Antarctic Treaty area, there are only 5 species of penguins such as Emperor (Aptenodytes forsteri), Gentoo (Pygoscelis papua ellsworthi), Adelie (P. adeliae), Chinstrap (p. antarctica), and Macaroni (Eudyptes chrysolophus) penguins. Two additional species, the King (Aptenodytes patagonicus patagonicus) and Rockhopper (Eudyptes chrysocome) penguins, however, are distributed within the Antarctic Convergence. In the vicinity of king Sejong Station located in King George Island, the South Shetland Islands off the Antarctic Peninsula, 5 species are observed, among which 2 Pygoscelis species such as the Gentoo and Chinstrap penguins hatch their eggs and raise their chicks at the rookery 2km south offing Sejong Station in summer. Adelie penguins hatch their chicks in other place in King George Island. One Emperor penguin roamed on the frozen Maxwell Bay which has been frozen every two or three years with the approximate thickness of 60cm. And one Macaroni penguin also visited the rookery in summer. We should carry out researches on the penguins occurring in the vicinity of King Sejong Station to monitor the environmental changes around King Sejong Station and the South Shetland Islands.

• 한국패류학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국패류학회 1999년도 추계학술발표대회요약집(한국패류학회)
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• pp.13-13
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• 1999

• 한국암석학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국암석학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.66-66
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• 2003

• 한국석유지질학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국석유지질학회 2005년도 제12차 학술발표회 초록집
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• pp.65-70
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• 2005

• 한국해양학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.74-83
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• 1990

남극반도가 남미대륙과 중생대 지질사에 있어서 상당히 유사한 것은 서남 곤드와 나랜드의 분리 이전에 그 두 부분이 연장선상에 놓였을 가능성을 나타냈다. 남쉐틀랜 드군도를 포함한 남극반도 일대의 화성 활동은 중생대 말까지는 Farallon/Phoenix판의 subduction에 의한 남미 코르딜레라 조산운동와 연관되고, 제3기부터는 드레이크해협 과 스코티아해 형성의 주구조운동과 연관된다. 남쇄틀랜드군도의 기반암은 편암과 변 형퇴적암으로 구성되어 있으며, 이들 기반암과 남쉐틀랜드 군도는 쥬라기말 혹 은 백악기 초에 남서방향으로부터 형성되기 시작했고, 화성활동은 도호 솔레아이트와 칼크 알칼리계열의 중간적 성격을 지니고 서남으로부터 북방향으로 진행되었다. 제 4 기에 들어서면서 남쉐틀랜드군도에는 제 3기 말까지의 화성활동과는 상이한 즉, 강한 친알칼리성의 성격을 지닌 화성활동이 나타나는데, 이는 배호확장 등의 intra-plate tensional tectonics에 기인한다. 백악기 후기에서 제 3기까지의 암석들은 킹죠 지섬에 주로 분포하며 현무암, 안산암의 용암과 현재된 화산쇄설암으로 구성된다. 화 산암류의 일부는 심한 변질을 받았으며, 상당량의 방해석, 실리카광물 및 황철석을 포 함하며, quartz-pyrite lodes라 불리기도 한다. 킹죠지섬의 층서는 크게 Fildes Formation 과 Hennequin Formation으로 나뉜다. 킹죠지섬의 어드미럴티만을 중심으로 그 서쪽에 Fildes Formation이 분포하고, 그 동쪽에 Hennequin Formation이 분포하나, 이 두 층은 거의 비슷한 시기에 형성된 것으로 보인다. Fildes Formation은 변질받은 감람석 현무암과 현무암질 안산암으로 구성되는 반면, Hennequin Formation은 세립질 의 하이퍼스딘, 오자이트 안산암으로 구성되며, 이들 두 층은 모두 화산쇄설성 암석들 을 협재한다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.531-537
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• 2004

In this study we discuss some problems that emerged from paleolimnological and paleontological investigations of terrestrial Holocene ecosystems on King George Island (South Shetland Islands) conducted by an Argentine-Polish research group. Biological and geochemical markers commonly used in standard analytical procedures are considered insufficient in tracing overlapping records of past environmental changes preserved in peat banks, lake sediments and ornithogenic remnants. Records that might be explained by predictable natural events (related to glacio-isostatic uplift of land), roughly predictable events (ecological succession), or unpredictable events (volcanic eruptions or accidental destruction of aquatic moss) may overlap or interfinger one with another providing that signals of regional and/or global climatic changes, are hardly identifiable. A more sophisticated and more selective methods are recommended to do discrimination between records of local and regional/golbal processes in studies on Holocene climatic history of the South Shetland Islands.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.396-399
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• 2020

The Antarctic freshwater copepod, Boeckella poppei (Mrazek, 1901), has the widest range of distribution extending from southern South America to Antarctic continent, among all Boeckella species. Boeckella poppei is the only freshwater copepod known to be inhabiting the Antarctic continent. In present study, we analyzed the DNA barcodes of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene of B. poppei from King George Island, Antarctica. The intraspecific genetic distances varied from 0% to 13% and interspecific genetic distances ranged from 11% to 14%. The overlap of DNA barcode gap suggests careful threshold-based delimitation of species boundaries.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권8호
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• pp.4149-4154
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• 2016

Background: Cervical carcinoma is one of the main causes of mortality in women worldwide as well as in India. It occurs as a result of various molecular events that develop from the combined influences of an individual's genetic predisposition and external agents such as smoking and menstrual hygiene, for example. However, infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) is the established major risk factor. The aim of the current study was to investigate p16 CpG island methylation and establish any correlation with mRNA expression in north Indian population. Materials and Methods: We analyzed 196 woman volunteer out of which 98 were cases and 98 healthy controls. For the analysis of methylation pattern, DNA extracted from blood samples was modified with a bisulfate kit and used as template for methylation specific PCR (MSP). Quantitative real-time PCR (QRT-PCR) was performed to check mRNA expression. Results: Correlation between methylation status of p16 gene and poor menstrual hygiene was significant (p=0.006), high parity cases showed methylation of p16 gene (p=0.031) with increased risk up to 1.86 times for cervical cancer and smoking was a strong risk factor associated with cervical cancer. We analyzed methylation pattern and found 60.3% methylation in cases with low mRNA expression level (0.014) as compare to controls (1.24). It was also observed that promoter methylation of p16 gene was significantly greater in FIGO stage III. Conclusions: We conclude that p16 methylation plays an important role in cervical cancer in the north Indian population and its methylation decreases mRNA expression. It can be used as an important and consistent blood biomarker in cervical cancer patients.