• 한국지형학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.51-64
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• 2017

The paleo-environments including changes in vegetation, climate, and sea level since the middle Holocene(6,400(?)-1,800(?) yr BP) were reconstructed with the special reference to pollen analysis from two trench samples at Yulha-dong, Kimhae-si, southern Korea. The environmental characteristics by the pollen zonation wassummarized asfollows: Pollenzone I(6,400(?)~3,940(?) yr BP)showed the dominance of Quercus species with broad-leaved trees, it was warm condition. Pollenzone II(3,940(?)~2,300(?) yr BP) was characterized to the yellow soil indicating terrestrial environment. Moreover, it showed Alnus-NAP period related to the extension of agriculture and deforestation by the rapid decrease of Quercus and increase of Gramineae. Pollenzone III(2,300(?)~1,800(?) yr BP) showed human impact from the increase of NAP and Pinus. Plenty of Quercus with deciduous broad-leaved trees also suggested warmer condition than before.

• 한국지형학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.13-25
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• 2017

To reconstruct the paleo-temperature quantitatively and to overcome limitation of traditional qualitative pollen analysis, this study was performed pollen analysis using the modern surface soil at Yulha-dong, Gimhae-si of southeastern part of Korean peninsula. Canonical Correspondence Analysis(CCA) was done to identify the most important environment variable about composition of modern surface pollen sample. Also, Weighted Average-Partial Least Square(WA-PLS) was analyzed to obtain modern surface pollen-temperature transfer function. The transfer function was applied to the results of qualitative fossil pollen analysis at Yulha-dong, Gimhae-si, Sampyung-ri, Ulsan-si and Taewha-dong, Ulsan-si. Therefore, the paleo-temperature was reconstructed during the Holocene since 6,200 yr BP. According to the results of the research, it is $1{\sim}2^{\circ}C$ lower than the current average annual temperature at the study area in 6,200 yr BP, since then it increased to the same level to the current temperature and decreased again until 2,600 yr BP. From the 2,600 yr BP, the temperature was fluctuated to the present.

• 대한지리학회지
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.179-192
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• 2012

충남 천안시 성정동 지역의 천안천 충적평야 화분분석 결과를 통해 최종빙기 최성기부터 홀로세에 걸쳐 고식생 환경과 기후 변화를 중심으로 고환경을 복원하였다. 화분대 I (약 23,000-15,000 yr BP) 시기는 목본이 드물게 분포하는 소림(疏林)상태로서 초지가 넓게 펼쳐져 있었다. 기후는 한랭하였으나 영남 산간지역에 비해 심하지 않았으며, Woldstedt(1962)와 Yoon and Jo(1996)에 따르면 'very cold'에 대비된다. 화분대 II (약 15,000-10,000 yr BP)는 회갈색 모래층에 해당하는 무화분대로서 최종빙기 최성기에서 홀로세 사이의 점이기에 해당한다. 이 모래층은 실트가 포함된 토탄으로 이루어진 상, 하부 층준과 확연히 구분되는데, 이와 같은 특징은 대단히 한랭했던 시기에서 온난한 환경으로 전환되는 동안 급격한 기후 변화가 진행된데 기인한 것으로 보인다. Holocene 전기에 대비되는 화분대 III (약 10,000-6,000 yr BP)의 화분조성에서는 기후가 뚜렷하게 온난해졌음을 확인할 수 있다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.89-102
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• 2023

Climate and environmental changes in the Arctic Ocean due to global warming have been linked to extreme climate change in mid-latitude regions, including the Korean Peninsula, requiring a better understanding of the Arctic climate system based on the paleo-analog. This review introduces three paleoenvironmental research cases using neodymium isotopes (¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd, ε_Nd) measured on two different fractions of marine sediments: silicate-bound 'detrital' and Fe-Mn oxide-dominated 'authigenic' fractions. In the first case, detrital ε_Nd in core HH17-1085-GC on the continental shelf off northern Svalbard was used for tracing changes in sediment provenance and associated glacier behavior over the last 16.3 ka. The second case showed the potential use of authigenic ε_Nd as a quasi-conservative water mass tracer. Three prominent ε_Nd peaks and troughs observed in core PS72/410-1 from the Mendeleev Ridge in the western Arctic Ocean over the past 76 ka suggested episodic meltwater discharge events during 51~46, 39~35 and 21~13 ka BP. The last case proposed the use of the difference between authigenic and detrital ε_Nd as a proxy for reconstructing glacier fluctuation. The idea is based on the assumption that enhanced glacial erosion during glacier advances can supply sufficient freshly-exposed rock substrate for incongruent weathering, potentially leading to greater isotopic decoupling between bedrock and dissolved weathering products as recorded in detrital and authigenic ε_Nd, respectively. Thus, it would be worthwhile to take advantage of sedimentary ε_Nd to improve our understanding of past environmental changes in polar regions.