정량X선회절분석법을 이용하여 131개의 제주도 주변해역 표층퇴적물 시료 내에 존재하는 각 점토광물의 절대함량과 점토광물 사이의 상대함량을 구한 후 그 분포 양상을 비교하여 보았다. 절대 함량은 각각 일라이트(0.5~40.5%, 평균 15.3%), 녹니석(0~7.9%, 평균 2.6%), 카올리나이트(0~5.6%, 평균 1%) 이며 공통적으로 한국남해, 제주도의 북서쪽 해역, 제주도 남쪽 먼 해역에서 높다. 점토광물 함량의 합을 100으로 가정하고 구한 상대함량은 각각 일라이트 70.9% (16.7~89%), 녹니석 21.5% (8.4~68.5%), 차올리나이트 7.6% (0~29.3%)이다. 상대함량을 이용하여 분포 양상을 나타낸 결과, 일라이트는 연구해역 북서쪽과 남동쪽, 그리고 제주도의 남서쪽 해역에서 다른 점토광물에 비해 상대적으로 높은 비율로 분포한다. 녹니석은 연구해역 동쪽과 제주도 서쪽에 인접한 해역에서 상대적으로 높은 비율로 분포하며, 카올리나이트는 제주도 서쪽과 남쪽에 인접한 해역과 남쪽 먼 해역에서 상대적으로 높은 비율로 분포한다. 점토광물 절대함량 분포경향은 연구해역 내 점토에서 실트 입자의 세립질퇴적물 분포와 일치한다. 반면, 점토광물 상대함량 분포는 세립질퇴적물 분포와 관련성을 보이지 않는다.

경기만 표층퇴적물 시료 96정점에 대하여 고분해능 X선 회절분석기와 Siroquant v3.0 프로그램을 이용하여 광물조성을 구하였다. 연구해역 표층퇴적물은 조암광물이 대부분을 차지하며(석영 63.8%, 사장석 12.9%, 알카리장석 11.7%, 백운모 4.3%, 각섬석 1.2%, 흑운모 0.5%), 점토광물(일라이트 2.4%, 녹니석 1.4%, 카올리나이트 0.4%) 및 소량의 탄산염광물(방해석 0.1%, 아라고나이트 0.3%)로 구성되어 있다. 조립질 퇴적물은 연구해역 북쪽, 남쪽과 중앙부에서 많이 분포하며, 세립질 퇴적물은 연구해역 중앙부 북쪽과 남쪽에 동서 방향으로 긴 형태의 분포를 보인다. 연구해역의 남쪽에는 석영의 함량이 상대적으로 높은 조립질 퇴적물이 퇴적되고, 연구해역 북쪽에서는 사장석, 백운모, 각섬석 등의 함량이 높은 조립질 퇴적물이 퇴적되는 것으로 나타난다. 연구해역 중앙부의 남쪽에는 일라이트의 함량이 상대적으로 높은 세립질 퇴적물이 퇴적되고, 연구해역 중앙부의 북쪽에서는 녹니석과 카올리나이트의 함량이 상대적으로 높은 세립질 퇴적물이 퇴적되는 것으로 나타난다.

해양퇴적물 전체 시료 내에 존재하는 각 점토광물의 함량비(전대광물조성)와 점토광물들만을 100%로 환산했을 때 각 점토광물의 함량비(상대광물조성)를 구한 후, 지도에 도시하여 그 분포 양상을 비교하여 보았다. 시료는 한국해양연구원의 2001년 황해 2차 탐사에서 채취된 86개 표층 퇴적물 시료를 사용하였으며, 정량X선회절분석법을 이용하여 광물조성을 구하였다. 황해 표층 퇴적물은 주구성광물(석영 평균 44.7%, 사장석 15.9%, 알카리장석 13.9%. 각섬석 2.8%), 점토광물(일라이트 15.3%, 녹니석 2.6%, 카올리나이트 1%), 탄산염광물(방해석 1.7%, 아라고나이트 0.6%) 등으로 구성되어 있다. 점토광물들은 대체로 황해의 가장자리에 적은 분포를 보이고 산동반도 남동쪽에서 제주도 남서쪽을 연결하는 해역에서 높았으며, 세립질 퇴적물의 분포와 거의 일치하는 경향을 나타낸다. 점토광물들의 합을 100으로 가정하고 구한 점토광물의 평균 상대광물조성은 일라이트, 녹니석, 카올리나이트가 각각 80.3%, 14.9%, 4.8%이다. 점토광물들의 상대광물조성을 이용하여 나타낸 분포 양상은 절대광물 조성을 이용하여 구한 그것과 많은 차이를 보이며, 점토광물을 많이 포함하고 있는 세립질 퇴적물의 분포경향과도 정의 상관관계를 보이지 않는다. 그러므로 점토광물들만을 대상으로 상대광물조성을 구하여 퇴적물 근원지 해석 등에 이용할 때에는 상당히 신중을 기한 필요가 있는 것으로 판단된다.

To investigate correlation between the distribution of marine bacteria and environmental characteristics in the surface sediments of Kamak Bay, chemical oxygen demand(COD), acid volatile sulfide(AVS), ignition loss(IL), total organic carbon(TOC), and total organic nitrogen(TON) were measured and analyzed at 7 stations in winter and summer. In winter, COD and AVS ranged from 13.45 mg/g to 30.06 mg/g(average: 23.58 mg/g) and from 0.03 mg/g to 1.04 mg/g(average: 0.63 mg/g), respectively. IL, TOC, and TON ranged from 8.03% to 11.41%(average: 9.41%), from 1.17% to 2.10%(average: 1.62%), and from 0.09% to 0.18%(average 0.15%), respectively. In summer, COD, AVS, IL, TOC, and TON ranged from 14.06 mg/g to 32.19 mg/g(average: 24.71 mg/g), from 0.03 mg/g to 1.11 mg/g(average: 0.66 mg/g), from 9.00% to 12.15%(average: 10.96%), from 1.27% to 2.12%(average 1.77%), and from 0.12% to 0.19%(average: 0.16%), respectively. These values were relatively higher than those in winter. Kamak Bay had high C/N ratio that might be resulted from the input of terrestrial sewage and industrial wastewater. The number of marine viable bacteria was 8.9 × 104 cfu/g in winter and 9.7 × 105 cfu/g in summer. The most abundant species were Pseudomonas spp., Flavobacterium spp., and Vibrio spp. in the surface sediments of Kamak Bay. It was found that the concentration of organic matters and viable bacterial cells in the inner part were relatively higher than those in the outer of Kamak Bay. The distribution of viable bacterial cells was closely influenced by environmental factors.

2001년 황해 2차 탐사에서 채취된 89개 표층 퇴적물 시료에 대하여 고분해능 X선 회절분석기와 Siroquant v.3.0 프로그램을 이용하여 광물조성을 구하였다. 황해 표층 퇴적물은 주구성광물(석영 57.8%, 사장석 16.0%, 알카리 장석 10.0%), 점토광물 및 방해석 등으로 구성되어 있다. 점토광물 중에는 일라이트(8.7%)가 가장 많고, 녹니석(2.6%)이 두번째로 많으며, 카올리나이트(0.6%)는 매우 소량들어 있고, 스멕타이트는 존재하지 않는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 석영 함량은 황해의 가장자리에 많고, 산동 반도 남동쪽에서 제주도 남서쪽을 연결하는 북서-남동 방향을 따른 해역에서 매우 낮다. 이런 분포 경향은 조립질 퇴적물인 모래의 분포 경향과 일치한다. 이를 통하여 조립질 퇴적물은 많은 양의 석영으로 구성되어 있으며, 황해의 동쪽과 남서쪽으로 많은 양이 유입되었을 가능성이 크다고 추정할 수 있다. 일라이트의 분포는 석영과 반대되며, 세립질 퇴적물과 비슷한 경향을 나타낸다. 이것은 세립질 퇴적물의 상당한 양이 황해의 북서쪽으로부터 공급되었을 가능성을 보여준다. 이번 연구 결과만 가지고 황해 퇴적물의 근원지를 정확하게 규명하는 것은 힘들기 때문에, 이와 비슷한 일련의 연구가 계속되어야 할 것으로 판단된다.

합류식 관거 내 고형물의 퇴적으로 인해 통수능이 감소하여 여름철 장마시 국지적인 침수가 발생하며 이로 인해 관거 내 퇴적을 더욱 초래할 수가 있다. 이와 같은 문제를 해결하고 관거의 적절한 유지관리를 위해서는 배수유역에서의 하수 및 지표면으로부터의 고형물 부하량을 산정할 필요가 있으나 많은 비용과 노력이 수반되어야 한다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 미국환경보호청에서 제시한 건조기의 합류관거 내 고형물 퇴적 부하량 산정기법과 지표면에서의 고형물 부하량 산정기법

The surface sediments inside Songsanpo and Seogwipo Harbors, major harbors of Jeju Island, were collected three times (June, September and December, 2001) and analyzed for 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) recommended by US-EPA as priority pollutants to assess their distribution levels and their biological effects on the marine organisms, and to suggest their possible origins. The concentrations of total PAHs inside Songsanpo and Seogwipo Harbors ranged from 41 to 288 ng/g on a dry weight basis with a mean value of 121 ng/g and from 14 to 268 ng/g with a mean value of 119 ng/g, respectively, and the levels were low as compared with those in other areas of the world. The sedimentary PAHs may be correlated with organic carbon and mud content to some extent. Based on comparisons of individual and total concentrations with effects-based sediment quality guidelines, the potential for the biological effects on the marine organisms were expected to be very low. From the examinations of the four PAH origin indices, such as LMW/HMW (low molecular weight 2-3 ring PAHs over high molecular weight 4-6 ring PAHs), phenanthrene/anthracene ratio, fluoranthene/pyrene ratio, chrysene/benzo[a]anthracene ratio, it can be concluded that the sediment PAH contaminations were ascribed to both of pyrolytic and petrogenic origins.

The surface sediments inside Hallim Harbor, one of the major harbors of Jeju Island, were sampled three times (June, September and December, 2001) and analyzed for 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), recommended by US-EPA as priority pollutants, to assess their distribution levels and to suggest their possible origins. The concentrations of PAHs ranged from 19 to 496 ng/g on a dry weight basis with a mean value of 245 ng/g, and the levels were low to moderate in comparison with other areas in the world. Based on comparisons of individual and total PAH concentrations with effects-based and equilibrium partitioning-based on sediment quality guidelines, the potential for the biological effects were expected to be low. The sedimentary PAHs may be correlated with organic carbon and mud contents to some extent. From the examinations of the four PAH origin indices, such as LMW/HMW (low molecular weight 2-3 ring PAHs over high molecular weight 4-6 ring PAHs), phenanthrene/anthracene ratio, fluoranthene/pyrene ratio, chrysene/benzo[a]anthracene ratio, it can be concluded that the sediment PAH contaminations were ascribed to both pyrolytic and petrogenic origins.

Butyltin compounds (BTs), namely tributyltin (TBT), dibutyltin (DBT) and monobutyltin (MBT), were measured in surface sediments collected in 2001 inside Hallim Harbor where a lot of shipping occurs as one of major harbors of Jeju Island, in order to evaluate their distribution. BTs were detected in surface sediments of all stations and their concentrations were comparable to those in surface sediments of other sites of domestic and foreign countries. The main species among BTs was MBT, although there was a little difference with a survey site. No correlations were obtained between organic matter or particles size of surface sediments and total BTs, indicating that these factors did not affect on the distribution of BTs. It was estimated that more complex factors including BTs loads and surrounding sedimentary environments, affected on 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 indexes ([DBT] + [MBT]/[TBT]) were in the range of 1.5～3.3 (mean 2.5), indicating that the parent compound, TBT, were inflowed into the surface sediments a long years ago and degraded.

Thirty sediment samples of the <63㎛ fraction collected from the southwestern coast of Korea were analysed for their heavy metal (Fe, Mn, Cr, Co, Cu, Ni, Zn and Pb) concentration. The results show that sediment texture plays a controlling role on the total metal concentrations and their spatial distribution. A single 1M HCl extraction procedure was used in order to assess the environmental risk of heavy metals in bottom sediments. The non-residual fraction was the most abundant pool for Mn and Pb in most samples, which means that this metals are highly avaliable in these sediments. Cr, Ni, Fe, Co, Zn and Cu were mainly associated with the residual fraction, suggesting that their concentrations are controlled significantly by transport processes with the fine particles as carriers from diffuse pollution source. Concentration enrichment ratios(CER) were calculated from the non-residual contents and their values allowed us to classify the sediments according to their environmental risk.

The observations on the seasonal fluctuation and distributional characteristic of organic matters on surface sediments and its origin were carried out at the 25 stations in Keogeum-sudo, southern coast of Korean Peninsula from February to October in 1993. I made an analysis on the environmental factors for surface sediments such as temperature, ignition loss, chemical oxygen demand, pheopigment, total sulphide, water content, mud content in grain size, COD/IL ratio and COD/sulphide ratio. The results are as follows ; 1) The range of temperature on the surface sediments was between 6.2℃ and 24.6℃. The highest mean temperatuer of mud was 24.0℃ in summer, the lowest 6.6℃ in winter. 2) Ignition loss(IL) fluctuated between 1.2% in winter and 16.8% in spring, that is to say, the seasons of increasing in temperature were very high ignition loss. 3) Chemical oxygen demand(COD) showed the highest mean value of 20.52 ㎎/g dry in summer within the range of 15.46∼32.78 ㎎/g dry, while showed the lowest of 5.79 ㎎/g dry in winter within the range of 7.4∼17.39 ㎎/g dry. 4) Pheopigment concentrations showed the highest mean value of 4.85 ㎍/g dry in autumn within the range of 0.84∼9.21 ㎍/g dry, while it did the lowest mean value of 1.97 ㎍/g dry in summer within the range of 0.23∼4.83 ㎍/g dry. 5) Total sulphide (H2S) fluctuated between no detect(ND) in spring, and 2.43 ㎎/g dry in autumn. The highest mean value was 0.68 ㎎/g dry in autumn, the lowest was 0.16 ㎎/g dry in spring. 6) Water content(WC) and mud content in grain size showed the mean value of 43.2% within the range of 26.5∼59.7% and 91.0% within the range of 57.8∼99.2%, respectively. 7) By the analytical results on the source of organic matter, it had been dumped from the seaweed farms in Keogeum-sudo coastal waters.

To investigate size distribution and metallic elements of surface sediments in Hampyong Bay, the southwestern coast of Korea, sedimentological and geochemical studies on surface sediments are carried out. The surface sediments of Hampyong Bay are classified into gravel, muddy sandy gravel, gravelly muddy sand, gravelly sandy mud, mud facies in accordance with areal characteristics. The coarse sediments are distributed on the subtidal zone along the main tidal channel and southeast intertidal flat of Hampyong Bay. On the other hand, the fine sediments are dominated in northeast and west intertidal flat of Hampyong Bay. Most metallic elements except for Ba in the sediments are closely interrelated with fine sediments and mutually with each element. Ba is maybe related with sandy sediments and inversely related with carbonate contents. Normalized by Al content, the sediment do not show any remarkable metal enrichments influenced by resonable artificial or environmental factors.

In order to determine the changes of sediment facies and metal levels in surface sediments after the construction of Shiwha Lake, surface sediments were sampled at 8 sites located on the main channel monthly from June, 1995 to August, 1996 and analysed for 12 metals (Al, Fe, Mn, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, As and Pb) by ICP/AES and ICP/MS. Two groups of sampling sites (the inner lake with 3 sites and the outer lake with 5 sites) are subdivided by the surface morphology; the inner lake is a shallow channel area with a gentle slope, while the outer lake is relatively deep and wide channel with a steep slope which has many small distributaries. After the construction of dam, fine terrestrial materials were deposited near the outer lake, which resulted in the change of major sediment facies from sandy silt to mud. With the deposition of fine sediments in the outer lake, anoxic water column induced the formation of sulfide compounds with Cu, Cd, Zn and part of Pb. Metal (Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn and Cd) contents in sediments increased up to twice within 2 years after the construction of dam. This is due to the direct input of industrial and municipal wastes into the lake and the accumulation of metals within the lake. In addition, frequent resuspension of contaminated sediments in a shallow part of the lake may make metal-enriched materials transport near the outer lake with fine terrestrial materials. As the enrichment of Cu, Zn, Cd and part of Pb in the Shiwha Lake may be related to the formation of unstable sulfide compounds by sulfate reduction in anoxic water or sediment column, the effect of mixing with open coastal seawater is discussed.

Thirty-eight sediment samples collected from the Youngsan River channel were analysed for Fe, Mn, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Zn and Pb to recognize the extent of contamination. Results showed that a wide range of contents was apparent for every metal over the study area. These differences have been mainly related to the textural variability of sediments. Exceptions to this were found in the contents of Cu, Zn, Pb and possibly Mn. The contents of Cu, Zn, Pb and Mn were particularly higher in the sediments from the confluence of tributaries. Downstream profile of metal/Al ratios indicates that pollutant inputs from the Kwangju tributary are mainly responsible for enrichment of these metals in bed sediments of the Youngsan River.