Investigating the physical and chemical properties of riverine wetlands is necessary to understand their distribution characteristics and depositional environment. This study investigated the physical (particle size, color, and type) and chemical properties (organic, inorganic, and moisture contents) of sediments in Samrak wetland, located in the Nakdong River estuary area in Busan, South Korea. The particle size analysis indicated that the hydraulic conductivity values for the coarse grain and the mixture of coarse and fine grains ranged from 2.03 to 3.49×10−1 cm s−1 and 7.18×10−3 to 1.24×10−7 cm s−1 , respectively. In-situ water quality and laboratory-based chemical analyses and radon-222 measurement were performed on groundwater and surface water in the wetland and water from the nearby Nakdong River. The physical and chemical properties of Samrak wetland was characterized by the sediments in the vertical and lateral direction. The concentrations of chemical components in the wetland groundwater were distinctly higher than those in the Nakdong River water though the wetland groundwater and Nakdong River water equally belonged to the Ca-HCO3 type.

낙동강 삼각주 서부 지역의 시추 코아에 대한 퇴적상, 유공충 화석군집 및 AMS 14C 연대측정을 수행하고 제4기 퇴적층의 고환경 변화를 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 연구지역의 제4기 후기 퇴적층은 네 개의 퇴적단위(하부로부터 Unit I, II, III, IV)로 구성된다. Unit I은 연구지역에 최초 해침이 일어나기 전 육성 환경에서 형성된 하도 퇴적층이다. Unit Ⅱ는 연안성 규조의 출현으로부터 천해에서 형성된 해성 퇴적층으로 판명되었으며, 퇴적층 상부에는 대기 노출에 의한 건조와 산화에 의한 균열이 발달하고 있어 상위 퇴적단위와 층서적으로 뚜렷하게 구분된다. 이 퇴적단위는 이전 간빙기(MIS 5)에 형성되었을 가능성이 매우 높다. Unit II를 부정합으로 피복하는 Unit III은 약 9,000 yr BP 경 홀로 세 해침이 시작되면서 담수의 영향을 받는 하구의 조간대에서 형성되기 시작하였으며, 해침이 좀 더 진행되면서 약 8,000 yr BP부터는 내대륙붕 환경에서 퇴적되었다. Unit IV는 해수면이 안정된 후, 약 5,000 yr BP를 전후로 한 시기에 낙동강 삼각주의 성장에 의해 형성되었다. 먼저 삼각주의 하부삼각주평원에 해당되는 조간대 퇴적층이 형성되고, 이후 삼각주의 전진에 따라 연구지역은 현재의 삼각주 평원의 배후 지역인 범람원 환경으로 변모하였다.

For providing basic data on estuary conservation and pattern of vegetation succession of sand bar, the flora of delta was investigated from March 2004 to August 2006 in the Nakdong River estuary of Korea. The flora in the eight surveyed areas was composed of total 159 taxa that belonged to 46 families, 123 genera, 133 species, 1 subspecies, 20 varieties, and 5 forms. Among them, naturalized plants and evergreen broad trees were 31 taxa and 5 taxa, respectively. The communities of main species at delta of estuary were composed of 16 species such as Rosa rugusa community, Scirpus triqueter community, Phragmites communis community, Carex kobomugi community, Digitaria ciliaris community. Especially, Rosa rugusa community which are important to establish the southern limit line of distribution as the northern factor was distributed through Jinwoodo. The succession of main vegetation community in the new delta (Doyodeung) was in order of Carex scabrifolia, Scirpus triqueter, Phragmites communis, Imperata cylindrica var. koenigii and Miscanthus sinensis var. purpurascens. Therefore, the succession order of the surveyed area seems to predict the pattern of the vegetation succession of another deltas in Nakdong River estuary.