• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.31-40
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• 2022

Background: Plant vegetation appears in heterogeneous and patchy forms in arid and semi-arid regions. In these regions, underneath the plant patches and the empty spaces between them are covered by biological soil crusts (moss, lichen, cyanobacteria, and fungi). Biological soil crusts lead to the formation and development of fertile islands in between vegetation patches via nitrogen and carbon fixation and the permeation of runoff water and nutrients in the soil. Results: The present study has investigated the association of biological soil crusts, the development of fertile islands, and the formation of plant patches in part of the Takht-e Soltan protected area, located in Khorasan Razavi Province, Iran. Three sites were randomly selected as the working units and differentiated based on their geomorphological characteristics to the alluvial fan, hillslope, and fluvial terrace landforms. Two-step systematic random sampling was conducted along a 100-meter transect using a 5 m² plot at a 0-5 cm depth in three repetitions. Fifteen samplings were carried out at each site with a total of 45 samples taken. The results showed that the difference in altitude has a significant relationship with species diversity and decreases with decreasing altitude. Results have revealed that the moisture content of the site, with biocrust has had a considerable increase compared to the other sites, helping to form vegetation patterns and fertile islands. Conclusions: The findings indicated that biological crusts had impacted the allocation of soil parameters. They affect the formation of plant patches by increasing the soil's organic carbon, nitrogen, moisture and nutrient content provide a suitable space for plant growth by increasing the soil fertility in the inter-patch space.

• 한국지형학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.51-61
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• 2021

Following the previous study, we report a complementary dating data on the silty layers deposited in paleo-tidal conditions of the study area, Dangjeong-ri, Seocheon-gun and suggest coastal terrain development processes over the past 200,000 years. Based on the dating results, the silty layers distributed up to 25 m above mean sea level were deposited between 171 and 183 ka, and the gravel layer deposited in a fluvial environment of a paleo-Dangjeong stream was found to have formed between 78 and 83 ka. Considering relative altitudes of distribution, an uplift rate of the study area in the western coast is judged to be relatively 0.5~0.7 low to that of Pohang area in the eastern coast. Compared to Busan and Sacheon areas in the southern coast, it is assumed that an uplift rate of the study area shows a similar level with those during the late Quaternary.

• 한국지형학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.41-51
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• 2020

This study tried to reveal incision rate distribution of streams on the northern part of the Sobaek Mountain Range with OSL age dating and geomorphic analysis, and factors influencing on the distribution were also discussed. With results from the previous studies, a total of 10 sites from 7 streams in the study area showed the rates ranging from 0.220 m/ka to 0.297 m/ka. Namhan-gang and Geum-cheon indicated the highest and lowest rates, respectively. Both sides in the northern section in the study area showed similar rates, while the western side in the middle section and the eastern side in the southern section showed higher rates than the other sides. Higher rates were also found from the eastern and northern sides where the Range runs N-S and E-W directions, respectively. Certain relationships with altitude and distance from the divide can be recognized from the rates and may be attributed to active incision with altitude and location of the uplift axis near the present divide. The rates on granite and sedimentary rock were higher than those on metamorphic rock, indicating that bedrock type is one of the important factors influencing on stream incision. Tectonic movement seemed to play some roles in the rates, because areas with lineaments showed lower rates. This study suggests that incision rate distribution of streams on the northern part of the Sobaek Mountain Range reflects various local geomorphic and geologic conditions.

• 한국지형학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.33-45
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• 2020

A number of unconsolidated deposits, consisting of a layer of gravels and silt, are found in Dangjeong-ri, Seocheon-gun in the western coast. From below in the stratigraphic sequence, the gravel layer ranging up to a maximum thickness of about 2 meters is interpreted as being formed by fluvial processes of an old channel (Dangjeong S.), and the overlying silt or sandy silt layer of 2 to 3 thickness meters is assumed to be emerged paleo-tidal sediments which was deposited in low tidal-energy environments. As the results of rock surface IRSL datings, the depositional ages of gravels are confirmed as ca. 78,000 ~ 83,000 years BP, indicating that the layer was formed in response to a high-stand sea level of MIS 5a along the Dangjeongcheon estuary. It is presumed that the relative height of 4.5 meter between the altitude of the stream bed (9.5 m) and the altitude of the bedrock boundary in the gravel layer (14 m) indicates the uplift amount since deposition. Paleo-sedimentary environments and an altitude of paleo-shoreline in the study area will be discussed with additional age dating focused on the silt layer.

• 한국지역지리학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.203-216
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• 2003

본 논문은 경남 사천만을 중심으로 위성영상과 GIS 기법을 이용하여 수치지형도와 수치해도를 결합한 수치고도 모델(DEM) 제작을 통해 육지와 천해를 연계한 해양지형의 분석을 시도한 것이다. 수치고도모델의 제작은 육지 고도 및 해저 수심 레이어 추출 UTM 재투영, 좌표점의 이동과 보간 등의 과정을 거쳐 이루어 졌다. 조류이동, 천해퇴적, 수심 등 해저지형 분석은 Landsat TM 밴드 육안분석, 육지부 마스킹, 밴드합성, 회귀분석 등을 통해 이루어 졌으며 천해 실측자료는 오차를 수정하여 분석에 이용되었다. 수치고도모델에서 분석된 지형요소들은 하천, 선상지, 조류, 단구, 해적퇴적층 등이다. 연안 퇴적작용은 하천 운반물의 영향을 크게 받고 있는데, 특히 진양호의 배수로인 가화천은 계절작으로 여름철에 공급량이 많으며 조류의 영향이 적은 곳에 퇴적층이 잘 발달하였다. 단구지형이 발달한 만안쪽에는 조류퇴적물의 영향이 크고, 소규모 만입은 해안류에 의한 운반물오 폐쇄되는 특성을 보인다. 사천만 동안의 선상지 지형은 해저까지 연장되어 발달하고 있다. 진주만 뱅크는 잔류 구릉이 침수된 것으로 미립물의 해저 퇴적지 역할을 하고 있다.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.39-54
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• 2021

담양습지는 하도 내에 발달하는 하천습지로, 국내 처음으로 습지보호구역으로 지정되었으며 유네스코 무등산권 세계지질공원 후보지역으로 알려져 있다. 담양습지 인근은 영산강 상류지역으로 현재는 비교적 넓은 평야지대가 분포한다. 담양습지 주변의 퇴적환경을 해석하고자 시추코어를 획득하였고, 퇴적상, 연대측정(AMS, OSL), 입도분석, 지화학 분석 등을 수행했다. 또한 습지 주변의 기존 시추 코어 자료를 사용하여 종합적인 퇴적환경 변화를 해석했다. 담양습지가 분포하는 영산강 상류 일대의 평야 지역은 후기 플라이스토세 동안 형성된 하안단구 퇴적층이 비교적 하도와 먼 지역에 분포하고 있다. 홀로세 퇴적층은 자갈층이 평야 일대에 걸쳐 넓게 분포하고 있어 홀로세 중기 이후 해수면이 안정화 된 다음에 망상하천의 형태로 퇴적된 것으로 해석했다. 그리고 현재와 같은 사행하천으로 전이되면서 주로 모래가 우세한 퇴적물이 유입되었으며, 하도 주변으로는 범람원 환경이 조성되었다. 또한 화분분석 결과를 근거로 약 6천년 전후에는 온난 습윤한 환경이었으며 이후 습지 퇴적층이 발달한 것으로 추정했다. 담양습지가 분포하는 하도 일대의 트렌치 조사 결과 하부에는 원마도가 좋은 자갈층이 분포하고 있으며, 자갈층 상부를 모래층이 덮고 있다. 담양습지는 1970년대 담양호가 건설된 이후 모래층 상부에 머드층이 퇴적되면서 형성된 것으로 추정된다.