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Characteristics of Geochemical Processes along the Salinity Gradient in the Han River Estuary

한강 기수역에서 염분구배에 따른 지화학적 특성 변화

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Abstract

To understand the geochemical processes in the Han River Estuary, distributions and behaviors of nutrients, dissolved organic matters, and uranium were investigated and analyzed during estuarine tidal mixing in June 2000 and February 2001. The distribution of inorganic nutrients showed very dynamic distributional patterns implying an apparent nitrification process and a concave non-conservative mixing along the salinity gradient. Dissolved organic carbon was high in the upstream region and decreased sharply in the low salinity region of around 5 psu. The 3-D fluorescence characteristic of dissolved organic matter showed two distinct fluorophores in the study area. Biomacromolecules originated mainly from the indigenous biochemical processes and geomacromolecules from terrestrial humic materials. In the study area, the distribution of geomacromolecule showed a concave non-conservative property along the salinity gradient presumably due to the flocculation and removal processes in the estuary. Meanwhile, distribution of the dissolved uranium, mainly in the form of stable uranium carbonate complex, also showed a concave non-conservative property along the salinity gradient in the Han River Estuary. From this study, the removal rate of dissolved uranium in the Han River Estuary was estimated to be about 7.1 ton per year.

한강 기수역에서 일어나는 지화학적 변화과정을 파악하기 위하여 2000년 6월과 2001년 2월 두 차례에 걸쳐 용존 무기영양염류,용존 유기 탄소,추출된 용존 유기물의 형광 특성, 용존 우라늄의 분포특성에 대해서 연구하였다. 용존 무기 영양염류는 염분이 증가함에 따라 감소하였는데,특히 질소계 영양염류의 경우 기수역에서 뚜렷한 질산화 과정(nitrification process)을 보였다. 인산-인 또한 질소계 영양염류와 같이 기수역에서 비보존적 분포특성을 보였다 용존 유기탄소와 형광 유기물은 염분이 증가함에 따라 감소하는 모습을 보였는데, 특히 5 psu이하의 저염분대에서 급격히 감소하는 양상을 나타내었다. 이러한 현상은 육상 기원의 지구거대 유기물질이 이온강도가 증가하는 기수역에서 응집, 침전하여 제거되기 때문으로 생각된다. 한편 용존 우라늄은 대부분 강을 통하여 해양으로 유입되는데, 염분이 증가함에 따라 같이 증가하는 양의 상관관계를 보였다. 용존 우라늄은 기수역에서 제거되는 비보존적인 분포 특성을 보였는데. 이는 용존 우라늄의 일부가 유기물질과 착화합물의 형태로 제거되기 때문으로 생각된다. 염분과 용존 우라늄의 분포 상관관계로부터 추정된 한강 기수역에서 용존 우라늄 제거량은 약 7.1 ton/year으로 Savannah salt marsh에서의 제거량과 비교해볼 때 약 51.4%에 해당하였다.

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