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TERRESTRIAL IMPACT CRATERING CHRONOLOGY II: PERIODICITY ANALYSIS WITH THE 2002 DATABASE

  • Moon, Hong-Kyu;Min, Byung-Hee;Lee, Seung-Kim
    • Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.85-85
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    • 2003
  • We examined the hypothesis that the crater formation rate exhibits periodicity, employing data sets of Grieve (1991), Moon et al. (2001), and the Earth Impact Database (2002; DB02). DB02 is known to supercede previous compilations in terms of its accuracy and precision of the ages; it is the first time that this database has been used for periodicity analysis. For data sets comprising impact structures with D$\geq$5km (and also those with $\geq$20km), there is no convincing evidence for periodicities in the crater ages, according to our Fourier analysis. However, we detected two peaks at 16.1Myr and 34.7Myr for craters with D$\geq$30km; we confirm that the age distribution of impact craters with D$\geq$45km has dominant power at 16.1Myr. Thus, we may conjecture a probable periodic shower of Earth impactors with sizes d$\geq$1.5km. In addition, we found that the selection of data sets, the lower limits on the ages and diameters of impact craters, as well as the accuracy and precision of the ages, all constitute crucial factors in reconstructing the impact cratering history of the Earth.

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BOAO PHOTOMETRIC SURVEY OF GALACTIC OPEN CLUSTERS. I. BERKELEY 14, COLLINDER 74, BIURAKAN 9, and NGC 2355

  • ANN H. B.;LEE M. G.;CHUN M. Y.;KIM S.-L.;JEON Y.-B.;PARK B.-G.;YUK I.-S.;SUNG H.;LEE S. H.
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.7-16
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    • 1999
  • Open clusters are useful tools to investigate the structure and evolution of the Galactic disk. We have started a long-term project to obtain UBVI CCD photometry of open clusters which were little studied before, using the Doyak 1.8 m telescope of Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory in Korea. The primary goals of this project are (1) to make a catalog of UBVI photometry of open clusters, (2) to make an atlas of open clusters, and (3) to survey and monitor variable stars in open clusters. Here we describe this project and report the first results based on preliminary analysis of the data on four open clusters in the survey sample: Be 14, Cr 74, Biu 9, and NGC 2355. Isochrone fitting of the color-magnitude diagrams of the clusters shows that all of them are intermediate age to old (0.3-1.6 Gyrs) open clusters with moderate metallicity.

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Fossil Conchostraca from the Amisan Formation of the Nampo Group, Korea (남포층군의 아미산층에서 산출된 패갑류 화석)

  • Kim, Jong-Heon;Lee, Gui-Hyeong
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.36 no.2
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    • pp.181-189
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    • 2015
  • A large number of fossil conchostraca used in this study were collected from the Amisan Formation distributed in the western part of Chungnam, Korea. These fossils were densely discovered in several horizons of the Amisan Formation, and might have flourished in the fresh water environment of subtropical climate. The fossil conchostraca from the Amisan Formation were classified into four species belonging to three genera as follows: Euestheria kawasakii, E. shimamurai, Sphaerestheria koreanica, and Cyclestherioides rampoensis. Out of four species, the last species was previously described from the Amisan Formation, and the other three species were newly found. Based on the fossil conchostraca, it is inferred that the geological age of the Amisan Formation falls under the Late Triassic Period.

Correlation between the distribution of cultural noise source and MT data (인공잡음원의 공간분포와 MT자료의 상관관계)

  • Lee Choon-Ki;Lee Heuisoon;Kwon Byung-Doo
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.05a
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    • pp.209-214
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    • 2005
  • In the present age, the quality of MT(magnetotellurics) data highly depends on the level of industrial interference in data. We analyzed the correlation between the spatial distributions of man-made EM noise source and the characteristics of MT data. The noise source analysis shows the correlation between the noise source density and the power spectral density of measured magnetic field in the frequency band of 60 Hz harmonics. In the MT 'dead band', the strong polarization observed on the magnetic field reveals that the severe artificial noises are caused by the adjacent metropolis.

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Concepts on Motion of Earth and Moon to Spatial Ability, Visual-Perception-Recall Ability, Learning Styles (공간능력, 시지각 회상 능력, 학습양식에 따른 지구와 달의 운동 개념)

  • 김봉섭;정진우;양일호;정지숙
    • Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.103-111
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    • 1998
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship among spatial ability, learning styles, visual-perception- recall abiltiy, and the conceptual construction of the earth and moon's motion. Four paper-and-pencil tests were used to measure students' cognitive variables. Spatial ability was measured by Spatial Visualization Test, visual-perception-recall ability was measured by Rey's Figure which also have used to test visual- perception-recall ability of right-temporal lobes, and VVT were used to investigate students' learning styles. further, the test of concept construction was consisted of 15 items about the earth and moon's motion developed by researcher One hundred and twenty-seven 6th-, one hundred and sixteen 7th-, eighty-seven 9th-grade, ninety-three college students were participated in the investigation of the effects of age and learning style on conceptual construction. In the analysis of students' performances, spatial ability, visual-perception-recall ability, and conceptual achievement showed an increasing pattern with grading. In addition, visual learner's conceptual achievement showed a significantly higher score on conceptual test than verbal learner's(p<0.05). The results of the present study supported tile hypothesis that learning styles would differently influence to learning atmospheric concepts by students'learning styles. This study also indicated to be considered the students' spatial ability in learning atmospheric concepts.

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U-Pb(SHRIMP) and K-Ar Age Dating of Intrusive Rocks and Skarn Minerals at the W-Skarn in Weondong Deposit (원동 중석 스카른대에서의 관입암류와 스카른광물에 대한 U-Pb(SHRIMP) 및 K-Ar 연대)

  • Park, Changyun;Song, Yungoo;Chi, Se Jung;Kang, Il-Mo;Yi, Keewook;Chung, Donghoon
    • Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.161-174
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    • 2013
  • The geology of the weondong deposit area consists mainly of Cambro-Ordovician and Carboniferous-Triassic formations, and intruded quartz porphyry and dyke. The skarn mineralized zone in the weondong deposit is the most prospective region for the useful W-mineral deposits. To determine the skarn-mineralization age, U-Pb SHRIMP and K-Ar age dating methods were employed. The U-Pb zircon ages of quartz porphyry intrusion (WD-A) and feldspar porphyry dyke (WD-B) are 79.37 Ma and 50.64 Ma. The K-Ar ages of coarse-grained crystalline phlogopite (WD-1), massive phlogopite (WDR-1), phlogopite coexisted with skarn minerals (WD-M), and vein type illite (WD-2) were determined as $49.1{\pm}1.1$ Ma, $49.2{\pm}1.2$ Ma, $49.9{\pm}3.6$ Ma, and $48.3{\pm}1.1$ Ma, respectively. And the ages of the high uranium zircon of hydrothermally altered quartz porphyry (WD-C) range from 59.7 to 38.7 Ma, which dependson zircon's textures affected by hydrothermal fluids. It is regarded as the effect of some hydrothermal events, which may precipitate and overgrow the high-U zircons, and happen the zircon's metamictization and dissolution-reprecipitation reactions. Based on the K-Ar age datings for the skarn minerals and field evidences, we suggest that the timing of W-skarn mineralization in weondong deposit may be about 50 Ma. However, for the accurate timing of skarn mineralization in this area, the additional researches about the sequence of superposition at the skarn minerals and geological relationship between skarn deposits and dyke should be needed in the future.

Exploring Alignments among International Baccalaureate, Next Generation Science Standards, and the 2015 Science Curriculum of Korea, Focusing on Elementary Science

  • Shin, Myeong-Kyeong;Kim, Eun-Jeong
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.42 no.4
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    • pp.470-475
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    • 2021
  • This study aimed to explore alignments among three curricula based on the contents of the university level curriculum. The 2015 revised curriculum, International Baccalaureate(IB), and Next Generation Science Standards(NGSS) were selected for this study, and a college textbook was analyzed to compare the curricula. As the age groups studying the curricular were different, we reorganized them according to school ages prior to conducting the study. The results of the analysis were: first, the contents of the 2015 revised curriculum did not sufficiently elaborate on the natural hazards related to humans, unlike the university level, IB PYP, and NGSS curricula. Third, there are different ways of introducing scientific vocabulary curricula, meaning that the number of scientific vocabularies in the 2015 revised curriculum was less than that in the IB, PYP, and NGSS.

Algorithm for Detection of Solar Filaments in EUV

  • Joshi, Anand D.;Cho, Kyung-Suk
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.40 no.1
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    • pp.66.2-66.2
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    • 2015
  • In today's age when telecommunications using satellite has become part of our daily lives, one has to be employ preventive measures to avert any possible danger, of which solar activity is the major cause. Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) heading towards the Earth can lead to disturbances in the Earth's magnetosphere, if their magnetic field is oriented southward. Monitoring of solar filaments in this case becomes very very crucial, as their eruption is associated with most of the CMEs. Monitoring of solar filaments in this case becomes very very crucial, as their eruption is associated with most of the CMEs. Also, filaments show activation up to a few hours prior to launch of a CME and thus can provide advance warning. In this study, we present an algorithm for the detection of solar filaments seen in the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) from Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on board the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). Various morphological operations are employed to identify and extract the filaments. These filaments are then tracked in order to determine their size and location continuously.

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Evaluation of Early Strength of Red Clay Soil with Polymer Aqueous Solution (폴리머수용액을 첨가한 황토의 초기강도 평가)

  • Kim, Jin-Sung;Lee, Bo-Kyeong;Lee, Dong-Eun;Choi, Hyeong-Gil
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2019.11a
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    • pp.145-146
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    • 2019
  • In this study, we evaluated the early strength of red clay soil with the polymer aqueous solution at rammed earth construction. In order to satisfy the demolding strength of the formwork be due to the rammed of red clay soil, the polymer aqueous solution was added to evaluate the compressive strength at the early age according to the consolidation level. As a result, a high compressive strength was exhibited with the formulation to which the polymer aqueous solution was added.

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The introduction of the age of Green Growth and the Role of Professional Engineers (제39회 한일기술사 합동심포지엄 특집 - 녹색성장(Green Growth) 시대의 기술사의 역할)

  • Lee, Kang-Kun
    • Journal of the Korean Professional Engineers Association
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    • v.43 no.1
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    • pp.26-31
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    • 2010
  • The changes of climate and earth environment caused by Global Warming has seriously occurred recently. For instance, the water in the Chad Lake in Africa has continuously disappeared and Tuvalu in the South Pacific is facing a serious natural disaster with that the entire country is sinking under the sea. These natural disasters become a serious risk threatening the existence of the human-race. Therefore, we needs a fundamental measure to prevent Global Warming. That is a natural phenomenon that makes the earth warmer by 6 types a greenhouse gas including $CO_2So$ we look for an answer from the 'Green Growth' movement.

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