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A Study on Iron Compounds of Volcanic Basalt at Hantan Riverside in Cheorwon (철원 한탄강유역 현무암의 철 화합물에 관한 연구)

  • Yoon, In Seop;Kim, Sun Bae
    • Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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    • v.25 no.5
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    • pp.169-173
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    • 2015
  • Fe compounds of volcanic basalt samples distributed at the Hantan riverside in Cheorwon were investigated by means of X-ray diffractometry (XRD), X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) and $M{\ddot{o}}ssbauer$ spectroscopy. We found that samples were typical basic rock which consisted of augite, anorthite, albite and sanidine etc. They had the total amount of iron compounds including hematite (${\alpha}-Fe_2O_3$) varies from 6.20 w% to 12.8 w% depending on the different regions by XRF. The $M{\ddot{o}}ssbauer$ spectra of the samples were consisted of three doublets. The balance state of Fe ions of all samples were chiefly $Fe^{2+}$, and $Fe^{2+}/Fe^{3+}$ ratios were 2.27~3.42.

Volcanic Stratigraphy and Characteristics of Volcanic Rocks of the Sarabong-Byeoldobong-Hwabukbong Area, Cheju kland, Korea (제주도 사라봉-별도봉-화북봉 일원의 화산층서와 화산암의 특성)

  • Ko, Bo-kyun;Won, Chong-kwan;Lee, Moon-won;Sohn, In-seok
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.10-19
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    • 2001
  • There are three scoria cones and their eruptive materials in Sarabong-Byeoldobong-Hwabukbong area Cheju Island. And they made complicated volcanic stratigraphy. In Byeoldobong tuff, basalt and granite xenoliths are present. It is presumed that the granite is a kind of basement of Cheju island. And Biseokgeori hawaiite has many kaersutite phenocrysts. Therefore, this area is very important for the study about history of volcanic activity of Cheju island. The lowest beds are Shinheung basalt and Byeoldobong tuff. Byeoldobong tuff has xenoliths of granite and phenocrystalline basalt. After the formation of these rocks, the Hwabukbong volcanism commenced. First of all this volcanism formed Biseokgeori hawaiite that has lots of kaersutite, a member of amphibole group, characteristically. Over this rock, Hwabukbong scoria cone was formed. The next Sarabong volcanism effused Keonipdong hawaiite that has lots of plagioclase and olivine phenocrysts and then Sarabong scoria cone was made up. Basalt xenolith in Byeoldobong tuff is different from Shinheungri basalt with regard to petrography, therefore this offers suggestion about existence of another basalt between basement and Shinheungri basalt. Granite xenolith derived from the basement of this area has features of the Jurassic granite in the Korea Peninsula, for example a lot of myrmekitic texture, microcline, and absolute age (172.4 Ma) by K-Ar method.

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Petrology of the Cretaceous volcanic rocks in northern Yucheon Minor Basin, Korea (북부 유천소분지에 분포하는 백악기 화산암류에 대한 암석학적 연구)

  • Sang Wook Kim;Sang Koo Hwang;Yoon Jong Lee;Jae Young Lee;In Seok Koh
    • The Journal of the Petrological Society of Korea
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.27-36
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    • 1998
  • The volcanic piles in the northern Yucheon Minor Basin area are the Hagbong basaltic rocks, the Chaeyaksan basaltic rocks, the Jusasan andesitic rocks, the Unmunsa rhyolitic rocks, and the Tertiary voicanics. Stratigraphically, from the lowermost, (1) the Hagbong basaltic rocks are composed mainly of basaltic tuff with two olivine basalt flows intercalated, (2) the Chaeyagsan basaltic rocks are predominantly in tuffs and agglomerate with 3 basaltic flow interlayers, (3) the Jusasan andesitic rocks consist of thick piles of alternated sequences of 4 andesite flows and 5 andesitic tuffs and tuffaceous sediments and (4) the Unmunsa rhyolitic rocks which embed some rhyolite and obsidian are dominant in tuffs such as ash flow and crystal welded tuff. These volcanics reveal distinguishable characteristics in petrochemistry. In discriminating by major elements, the Hagbong and the Chaeyagsan basaltic rocks are alkaline, whereas the latter is also spilitic. In comparison, the volcanic rocks of the Jusasan andesitic rocks and the Tertiary sequences are characteristically calc-alkaline although their distribution is spatially separated. On the other hand, the variations in immobile trace elements indicate that the Hagbong basaltic rocks range from alkaline to calc-alkaline and from WPB/VAB transition to VAB, whereas the Chaeyagsan basaltic rocks are calc-alkaline WPB/VAB transition type and the two others calc-alkaline VAB. In order to show such a variety in their rock series of the volcanic rocks, the environment during their magma generation, magma rising, and post-eruption alteration could be positively considered.

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Eruptive History of the Ulleungdo-Dokdo Volcanic Group, the East Sea: a Multi-Scale Approach (동해 울릉도-독도 화산그룹 분화사 다중스케일 연구)

  • Kim, Gi-Bom;Lee, Jae-Hyuk;Ahn, Ho-Jun;Je, Yoon-Hee
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.43 no.1
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    • pp.140-150
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    • 2022
  • This paper focuses on introducing the concept of the multi-scale study on the Ulleungdo-Dokdo Volcanic Group in the East Sea and recent new findings from it. Multi-channel seismic reflection data reveals that the major volcanic activities of the Ulleungdo-Dokdo Volcanic Group took place between 5 and 2.5 Ma, which were propagated from Isabu Tablemount on the eastern end to the Ulleung Island on the western end. The terrestrial Ulleung Island was built via 5 stages, which eventually formed a 3 km-wide caldera, named Nari Caldera, and a volcanic dome, named Albong, within the caldera. The Albong and the unit N-1, the earliest phreatomagmatic explosive phase of the Albong volcano, were generated from a new magma injected into the existing phonolitic body. The generally trachyandesitic bulk rock composition of the pumice in unit N-1 and Albong is attributed to the contamination of the new magma by mafic cumulates at the base of the existing phonolitic chamber. The lines of evidence of a new magma injection point toward that Ulleung Island is an active volcano with a live subvolcanic magma plumbing system.

Geology and Landscape of Mt. Mudeung Province Park, Korea (무등산 도립공원의 지질과 경관)

  • Ahn, Kun-Sang
    • The Journal of the Petrological Society of Korea
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.109-121
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    • 2010
  • Mt. Mudeung is located in Gwangju city, Damyang-Gun, Hwasun-Gun and its round form give us the mood of soft and rich. Its location is $126^{\circ}06'-127^{\circ}01'E$ and $35^{\circ}06'-35^{\circ}10'N$ and its highest peak is Cheonwang-bong with the height of 1,187 m. The Gwangju city is located in the West of Mt. Mudeng and the mountain range with a small basin in its East. The pavilion such as the Soswaewon, Songganjeong, Sigyongjeong are distributed along the stream in the north of Mt. Mudeung. The mountain is formed from the volcanic activity, Gwangju cauldron during the Cretaceous. The top part of Mt. Mudeung is composed of dark gray quartz-andesite and its K-Ar whole rock age is $48.1{\pm}1.7Ma$. The composition of the north area, where the Wonhyosa temple is located, is micrographic granite, whereas the composition of south area is rhyolite mainly. The main ridge of Mt. Mudeung runs from North, starting from the Bukbong, to south, passing Cheonwangbong, Jangbuljae and ending Anyangsan. Geologic feature of the mountain includes volcanic landform, mountaineous landform, and stream landform. The Seosukdae, Ipseokdae, Gyubongam, which are main ridges and formed from volcanic activity, are composed of mainly columnar joint. Saeinbong and Majipbong in the south-west are composed of mainly cliff and dome. The typical erosion landform of the mountain has three different types of the weathering-cave, each of which reflect the property of the original rock. Four different area of wide block stream, they makes the geological feature of spring-water, though its scale is small compared to that of water fall.

Effects of Source and Application Rate of Phosphorus on Growth and Arbuscular Mycorrhizae Formation of Trifoliate Orange in Volcanic Ash Soil (화산회토양에서 인 공급원과 시용 수준이 탱자유묘의 생육과 공생균근 형성에 미치는 영향)

  • Kang, Seok-Beom;Jwa, Sung-Min;Moon, Doo-Khil;Han, Hae-Ryong;Chung, Jong-Bae
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.206-212
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    • 2000
  • The effects of two phosphorus sources (fused phosphate and rock phosphate), applied at different rates, on growth, arbuscular-mycorrhizae(AM) formation in roots and nutrient contents of trifoliate orange grown in an uncultivated volcanic ash soil were investigated in a greenhouse. The seedlings were either inoculated with AM fungi or left uninnoculated. Growth of seedlings were best in the treatments of 156-272 mg P/kg with fused phosphate. Although the applied P in the rack phosphate treatments were nearly same or much higher comparing to the fused phosphate treatments, seedling growth were significantly less. Soil available P in the treatment of 272 mg P/kg of fused phosphate was maintained in the range of 3-5 mg/kg during the experiment, and the AM formation was about 60% in average. In the treatments of lower rates of fused phosphate application or of rock phosphate application, soil available P were lower than 3 mg P/kg and AM formations were less than 30%. Significant increases were found in seedling growth and nutrient absorption due to AM fungi inoculation, and the effects were much more significant in the treatments of higher AM formation. In most of citrus groves in Cheju island, soil available P is much higher than 200 mg P/kg, and average AM formation in citrus roots is less than 30%. Results obtained in this study show that the formation of AM can be increased at much lower level of available P than the present levels found in citrus groves.

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Case Study on Groß Schönebeck EGS Project Research in Germany (독일 그로스 쉐네벡 EGS 실증 프로젝트 연구사례)

  • Min, Ki-Bok;Park, Sehyeok;Zimmermann, Gunter
    • Tunnel and Underground Space
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.320-331
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    • 2015
  • This paper presents a case study of an enhanced geothermal system(EGS) demonstration project conducted in $Gro{\ss}$ $Sch{\ddot{o}}nebeck$, Northerm Germany, focusing on hydraulic stimulation. The project was conducted with doublet system in sandstone and volcanic formations at 4 - 4.4 km depth. Under normal faulting to strike-slip faulting stress regime, hydraulic stimulations were conducted at injection and production wells by massive waterfrac and gel-proppant fracturing. Injectivity index increased from $0.97m^3/(hr^*MPa)$ to $7.5m^3/(hr^*MPa)$ and productivity index increased from $2.4m^3/(hr^*MPa)$ to $10.1m^3/(hr^*MPa)$ by a series of hydraulic stimulations at both wells. After circulation tests through injection and production wells, however, productivity index decreased from $8.9m^3/(hr^*MPa)$ to $0.6m^3/(hr^*MPa)$ in two years. Slip tendency analysis for the stimulation in volcanic layer estimated the required pressure for shear slip and its preferred orientations and it showed reasonable match with actual stimulation results. Through the microseismicity observation for the stimulation of volcanic formation, only 80 seismic events with its moment magnitudes in -1.8<$M_W$<-1.0 were observed, which are unexpectedly low for EGS hydraulic stimulation.

Interpretation for Variations in Mineral Contents in Volcanic Rocks Related to the Yangsan Caldera (양산 칼데라에 관련되는 화산암류에서 광물함량 변화의 해석)

  • Hwang, Sang-Koo;Kim, Se-Hyeon;Jeong, Seong-Wook
    • The Journal of the Petrological Society of Korea
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.166-178
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    • 2008
  • The modal analyses on the phenocryst phases and the normative mineralogies from the bulk chemical analyses record that the volcanic rocks related to the Yangsan caldera might been derived from compositionally zoned magma. The volcanic rocks show linearly continuous mineralogical gradients, not only totally in the relations between $SiO_2$ and proportion of phenocryst content, but also within each rock unit in the relations between total phenocryst content and the proportion, Q-Ab-Or and Q-An(Ab-Or) diagrams. The roughly gradational modal variations of the phenocryst phases are shown upward within each rock unit. However, the contents and proportion of the phenocrysts in the Yangsan Tuff and the Hwajeri Formation represent the zigzaggedly undulatory variations. The continuous mineralogical gradients without large gaps define a large zoned magma system in the pre-eruptive, later precollapse and postcollapse magma chambers respectively. The zigzagged variations reflect the intermittent eruptive pulses representing any time gaps.

Source Area of the Rocks Using the West Stone Pagoda of Gameunsaji Temple Site, Korea (감은사지삼층석탑(서탑)에 사용된 석재 공급지에 대한 연구)

  • Jwa, Yong-Joo;Kim, Kun-Ki;Ko, Seok-Bae;Kim, Jong-Sun
    • The Journal of the Petrological Society of Korea
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    • v.15 no.3 s.45
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    • pp.128-138
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    • 2006
  • The west stone pagoda of Gameunssji temple site (National Treasure No. 112) has been damaged mainly by fracture, exfoliation and granular disintegration. In this study, the source area of the rocks using the west stone pagoda was examined in terms of petrological feature, magnetic susceptibility, and ${\gamma}-ray$ spectrometer. The stones include abundant crystal fragments of biotite, quartz and feldspars in the fine-grained matrix; they are petrographically discriminated to vitric-crystal tuff or crystal tuff. Measured magnetic susceptibility values are of from 10 to 20 $({\times}10^{-3}\;SI\;unit)$. From the ${\gamma}-ray$ spectrometer measurement K, eU, and eTh contents of the stones are about 3%, 0 to 8ppm, and 9 to 18 ppm, respectively. These features are used as indicators to presume the source area of the stones. Comparing the petrographical and chemical characteristics between the stones of the west stone pagoda and the country rocks near the Gameunsaji temple site, it is suggested that the most similar country rock to the stones could be dacitic volcanic rocks of the Beomgokri group in the Waeup basin. The Beomgokri group is lithostratigraphically divided into Waeupri tuff, Yongdongri tuff and Beomgokri volcanic rocks. Among the three rocks, the crystal tuff of the Beomgokri volcanic rocks seems likely to have been the source rock of the stones of the west stone pagoda.

Numerical Analysis of Offshore Wind Turbine Foundation Considering Properties of Soft layer in Jeju (제주 연약지층 특성을 고려한 해상풍력기초의 수치해석적 연구)

  • Yang, Ki-Ho;Seo, Sang-Duk;Cho, Yee-Sun;Park, Jeong-Jun
    • Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.45-56
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    • 2013
  • Recently, offshore wind farms are increasingly expected, because there are huge resource and large site in offshore. Jeju island has optimum condition for constructing a wind energy farm. Unlike the mainland, Jeju island has stratified structure distribution between rock layers sediments due to volcanic activation. In these case, it can be occur engineering problems in whole structures as well as the safety of foundation as the thickness and distribution of sediment under top rock layer can not support sufficiently the structure. In this paper, the settlement and stress distribution is predicted by numerical analysis when the mono-pile base are constructed on various soft layer between stratified structure. To determine the settlement of the pile foundation supported on stratified rock layer, the geological investigation at the 3 regiions and the results of laboratory experiments of the stratified rock layer is required.