• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제14권12호
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• pp.1141-1153
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• 2005

Butyltin compounds (BTs), namely tributyltin (TBT), dibutyltin (DBT) and monobutyltin (MBT), were measured in surface and core sediments collected in 2001 inside Seogwipo Harbor, in order to evaluate their distribution characteristics. Seogwipo Harbor is one of major harbors of Jeju Island where a lot of shipping occurs and is designated as a trade port by the Korea Maritime and Port Law. BTs were detected in surface and core sediments of all stations and their concentrations in surface sediments were low, compared with to those in other sites of domestic and foreign countries. The main species among BTs was MBT, although there was a little difference with a survey site in surface sediments and in core sediments with depth. No or low correlations were obtained between organic matter or particles size of surface and core sediments and total BTs, indicating that these factors did not affect the distribution of BTs. It was estimated that more complex factors including BTs loads and surrounding sedimentary environments, affect the distribution of BTs. The high correlations between BTs indicated that DBT and MBT were mainly degraded from TBT based on antifouling paints of vessel etc. and other sources, such as DBT and MBT, could be ignored. The butyltin degradation indices ([DBT]+[MBT]/[TBT]) in surface sediments were in the range of $2.0\~3.8$ (mean 3.0), indicating that the parent compound, TBT, were inflowed into the surface sediments a long years ago, degraded and deposited. The sedimentation age of BTs contaminated core sediments could not estimated because the content of $^{210}pb$ activity were nearly all the same and so the sedimentation rate could not obtained.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.655-665
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• 2011

Contamination of butyltin compounds (BTs), namely tributyltin (TBT), dibutyltin (DBT) and monobutyltin (MBT), was evaluated in sediments collected inside Jeju Harbor in 2001. The concentrations of BTs in surface sediments were comparable to those in other sites of domestic and foreign countries. The high correlations between BTs in surface ($r^2$ = 0.83~0.91) and core ($r^2$ = 0.70~0.79) sediments and the significant correlations between BTs concentrations and the number of incoming and outgoing vessels indicated that DBT and MBT were mainly degraded from TBT based on antifouling paints of vessels etc. and other sources, such as DBT and MBT, could be ignored. The butyltin degradation indices ([DBT] + [MBT]/[TBT]) in surface sediments were in the range of 2.2~3.6 (mean 2.7), indicating that the parent compound, TBT, was inflowed into the surface sediments a long ago, degraded and deposited. The sedimentation age of BTs contaminated core sediments could not estimated because the content of $^{210}Pb$ activity was nearly all the same and so the sedimentation rate could not obtained.

• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.9-18
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• 2001

Chemical speciation of five heavy metals (Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn) has been analyzed from 37 surface and 2 core sediments of Kyeonggi Bay, using the modified sequential extraction method based on Tessier et at. (1979). The results show that heavy metals in the Kyeonggi Bay surface sediments are associated dominantly with the crystal lattice fraction. But in the polluted sediments of the Incheon North Harbor, the importance of the labile fractions increased while that of the lattice fraction decreased. In particular, the adsorbed and the easily reducible fractions showed a noticeable increase. In the core samples emerged a speciation pattern which differed significantly from that of the surface sediments. A sharp increase in the percentage of the reducible and organic/sulfide fractions and a decrease in the lattice fraction were observed. Throughout the vertical column, however, the metal contents in the lattice fraction showed stability while those of the labile fractions showed an upward increase. The strong association of heavy metals with the organic/sulfide fraction could be attributed in part to the sulfate reduction prevailing in the polluted harbor sediments.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.385-394
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• 2011

Organotin compounds (OTs), namely butyltins compounds (BTs) and phenyltin compounds (PhTs), were measured in surface and core sediments collected in Jeju harbor. The horizontal and vertical distribution was examined and the relationship between the concentration of OTs and organic matter content and particle size distribution was also studied. BTs were detected in significant concentrations in sediments inside Jeju harbor. PhTs were detected in very low concentrations, compared to BTs. The main species in BTs and PhTs were dibutyltin (DBT) and monobutyltin (MBT), monophenyltin (MPhT), respectively. In the relationships between the concentrations of total BTs and organic carbon content, the significant correlations ($r^2$=0.4898 in surface sediments, $r^2$=0.53 in one core sediments) and no correlation in another core sediments obtained, which is estimated that the distribution of BTs in sediments were affected by several factors, such as their physicochemical properties including organic carbon content, and a tide, etc. In the relationships between the concentrations of total BTs and particle size (mud, sand, and gravel) in sediments, the concentrations of total BTs were higher in the sediments with higher mud content, indicating that higher BTs were distributed with increasing sediments of fine granules.

• International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics Korean Journal of Geophysical Research
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.59-73
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• 1998

Sediment samples from five stations at the Shihwa Lake sewage outfall, west cost of Korea, were collected to evaluate the effect of the outfall on benthic foraminifers. Heavy metal (Cu and Zn) polluted the eastern part of the Shihwa Lake, adjacent to the Shihwa-Banwol Industrial Complexes, shows barren or nearly barren of benthic foraminifers, and the lowest number of species both at the core top and downcore. Excepting for the barren zone, pyritized benthic foraminifers abundantly occur both at the surface and downcore sediments in the western part of the Shihwa Lake, suggesting that foraminiferal disease by anoxic bacteria. Recent intrusion of pollutants form the Shihwa-Banwol Industrial Complexes and adjacent six major streams severely polluted the Shihwa Lake as shown by the low abundance (number/10 g) of benthic foraminifers, low number of Ammonia beccarii, low species diversity, and absence of both Elphidium spp. and ostracodes at the surface sediments compared of both downcore. Except the barren zone, both pyritized and non-pyritized Ammonia beccarii occur dominantly in the surface sediments and downcore. Elphidium spp. (either pyritized or non-phyritized) do not occur in the surface sediments of whole stations. However, they occur from the entire downcore sediments except in the eastern part of Shihwa Lake. Arenaceous foraminifers do not inhabit in the heavily polluted areas as evidenced by the occurrence of relatively deep core depth (11-15 cm). Ostracodes occur at the downcore sediments, but they do not occur at the surface sediments. Ostracodes also do not occur at the heavily polluted areas in the eastern part of the Shihwa Lake both at the surface and downcore sediments, indicating that the abundance of ostracodes also can be used for a pollution indicator.

• 한국제4기학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.35-37
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• 2005

Sediment samples from five stations at the Shihwa Lake sewage outfall, west coast of Korea, were collected to evaluate the effect of the outfall on benthic foraminifera. Heavy metal (Cu and Zn) polluted eastern part of the Shihwa Lake, adjacent to the Shihwa-Banwol Industrial Complexes, shows barren or nearly barren of benthic foraminifera, and the lowest number of species both at the core top and downcore. Excepting for the barren zone, pyritized benthic foraminifera abundantly occur both at the surface and downcore sediments in the western part of the Shihwa Lake, suggesting that foraminiferal disease by anoxic bacteria. Recent intrusion of pollutants from the Shihwa-Banwol Industrial Complexes and adjacent six major streams severely polluted the Shihwa Lake as shown by the low abundance (number/10 g) of benthic foraminifera, low number of A. beccarii, low species diversity, and absence of both Elphidium spp. and ostracodes at the surface sediments compared to the downcore. Except the barren zone, both pyritized and non-pyritized Ammonia beccarii occur dominantly in the surface sediments and downcore. Elphidium spp. (either pyritized or non-pyritized) do not occur in the surface sediments of whole stations. However, they occur from the entire downcore sediments except in the eastern part of Shihwa Lake. Arenaceous foraminifera do not inhabit in the heavily polluted areas as evidenced by the occurrence of relatively deep core depth (11-50 cm). Ostracodes occur at the downcore sediments, but they do not occur at the surface sediments. Ostracodes also do not occur at the heavily polluted areas in the eastern part of the Shihwa Lake both at the surface and downcore sediments, indicating that the abundance of ostracodes also can be used for a pollution indicator.

• 한국해양학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.119-129
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• 1987

KONOD-1 지역의 코아퇴적물은 자생기원의 스멕타이트와 크로높틸로라이트, 육지기원의 일라이트, 크로라이크 및 카오린나이트로 이루어져 있다. 스멕타이트와 크리높틸노라이트의 양은 코아깊이에 따라 증가하며, 특히 크리높틸로라이트는 생성되는 속성기간이 길어서 스멕타이트보다 더 깊은 깊이에서 나타난다. 표층으로 갈수록 육지기원 광물의 함량이 증가하여데, 이는 올리고세 말의 강한 바람의 영향 이거나 해수와 접하는 퇴적물의 용해때문인 것으로 보인다.

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.53-67
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• 2005

천수만은 전형적인 반 폐쇄형만으로 수로, 사퇴, 작은 섬 그리고 갯벌 등 다양한 환경들이 있다. 1983년에서 1985년 사이에 건설된 서산 A와 B 방조제는 천수만 북부의 퇴적환경을 지속적으로 변화시켰을 것으로 보인다. 황도 갯벌과 주변 해역의 퇴적환경을 파악하기 위하여 2003년 6월과 10월에 표층과 주상 퇴적물을 채취하였다. 표층 퇴적물은 5개의 퇴적상으로 구성되어 있었다. 일반적으로 10월의 표층퇴적물은 6월과 비교하여 갯벌은 조립해 졌으나 주변 해역은 거의 변화가 없었다. 3개의 주상퇴적물의 퇴적상은 황도 주변 갯벌은 파랑과 조류 에너지가 상대적으로 높고, 조수로 근처의 갯벌은 에너지가 상대적으로 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 황도 갯벌의 11개월 동안 단기 퇴적률은 중앙지역은 퇴적 되었으나, 갯벌의 동쪽 측면과 서쪽 측면은 침식된 것으로 나타났다. 이는 방조제에 의하여 조류 형태와 퇴적물 순환이 변화되었기 때문으로 보인다.

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.243-263
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• 2011

시화호 형도 근처 조간대(帶, intertidal zone) 지역 갯벌의 퇴적환경을 알아보기 위해 10개 정점 표층 및 2개 정점 주상퇴적물에 대한 입도, 함수율, 휘발성산화합물(Acid Volatile Sulfide; AVS), 총유기탄소(Total Organic Carbon; TOC) 및 중금속(Al, Fe, Mn, Cu, As, Pb, Zn, Ni, Cd 및 Cr) 항목에 대해 분석 하였다. 표층 퇴적물은 대체로 분급이 불량(분급도, 0.60~2.31${\phi}$)한 sandy Silt, slightly gravelly muddy Sand, silty Sand 및 Sand 등의 퇴적상으로 구분되며, 평균입도는 2.95~6.00${\phi}$로 극조립 실트(Silt)에 해당한다. 표층 퇴적물의 Al 함량은 1.54%, Fe은 1.75%, Cu는 9.1ppm, As는 1.1ppm, Pb은 18.8ppm, Ni은 11.0ppm, Cd은 0.02ppm 그리고 Cr은 30.1ppm으로 측정되었으며, 주상 퇴적물 또한 미국해양대기청(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; NOAA) 기준의 ERL(Effective Range Low, 저서생물에 독성을 보이는 초기 10% 농도)을 초과하지 않았다. 주상퇴적물의 과잉 방사능 납($^{210}Pbex$)의 분포를 통해 퇴적률을 추정한 결과, 급격한 퇴적물의 다량유입에 의해 수직적으로 방사능(activity)이 유사한 값을 나타내고 있어 정확한 퇴적률(apparent sedimentation rate)은 추정할 수 없었다. 그러나 2개 코어 상부 35cm 에서 퇴적물의 급격한 유입 및 환경적 영향등으로 금속 농축계수(Enrichment factors; EF) 계산값은 비교적 높게 나타났다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.341-352
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• 1997

Retention ponds have been dug along some of the motorways in France to minimize environmental pollution by keeping pollutants from spreading over the surrounding area. In order to study heavy metal pollution and diagenetic behaviour of sediments, eight core samples were collected from the bottom of a retention pond located along the A-71 motorway in Sologne. The metal concentrations in interstitial waters and extractable metal concentrations in sediment layers using sequential chemical extraction method were determined. The depth distributions of Pb, Zn and Cd concentrations in interstitial water and particulate sediments were studied, and distribution coefficients (KD) were also determined to investigate the environmental mobility of these elements. In addition. the index of geoaccumulation and the Fe-normalized enrichment factor were calculated to differentiate the natural accumulation from the anthropogenic pollution. The vertical concentration profiles of heavy metals in core sediments indicate that surface enrichments (0~2 cm) of Pb, Zn, Cd and organic carbon were always observed at each core sample, due to the early diagenesis. However, the major factor contributing to the accumulation of Cd at the sediment surface is attributed to the dissolution of Cd from polluted roadside soil during periods of rainstorms and its subsequent redeposition on the sediment surface after being carried to the retention pond. A comparison of the KD values indiactes that a decrease in the KD values for Pb and Zn was observed with depth while KD values for Cd increase. According to the KD values. the relative mobility of studied metals was determined as following: Mn>Zn>Cd>Pb, for the upper layer, and Mn>Cd>Zn>Pb, for the lower layers.