Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea (한국광물학회지)

The Mineralogical Society of Korea (한국광물학회)
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Nanosized Calcite in the Chinese Loess

중국 뢰스의 나노 방해석

  • Jeong, Gi-Young (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Andong National University)
  • 정기영 (안동대학교 지구환경과학과)
  • Published : 2007.12.30
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Abstract

The loess on the Chinese loess plateau is not only the accumulation of Asian dust but also the source materials of Hwangsa. The eolian carbonates of the loess were dissolved and reprecipitated to form secondary pedogenic carbonates by the post-depositional weathering during the interglacial time. Mineralogical analysis shows that the secondary calcites are composed mostly of a nanosized fibrous calcite with rather constant width ($30{\sim}50nm$) and highly variable length. The nano calcite is the major authigenic mineral, which occurs as the fine-grained matrix of the loess and paleosol. The nano calcite was recently reported in the Hwangsa, where it was originated from the source regions of Chinese loess plateau.

중국 서부에 분포하는 황토대지의 뢰스(loess)는 아시아 내륙에서 발생하는 광물먼지의 퇴적물일 뿐만 아니라, 우리나라 봄철 황사의 기원물질이기도 하다. 간빙기의 뢰스는 퇴적 후에 고토양으로 풍화되는 과정에서 풍성 일차 탄산염 광물 입자들이 용해되어 이차 탄산염광물로 재침전된다. 뢰스 및 고토양의 광물학적 분석에 의하면 풍성 탄산염 입자는 대부분 실트 크기이나, 재침전된 이차 탄산염광물은 너비가 $30{\sim}50nm$ 정도로 일정하고 다양한 길이를 갖는 나노 크기의 방해석들이었다. 나노방해석은 황토대지에서 점토광물과 함께 실트질 뢰스와 고토양의 세립 기질을 구성하는 주요 자생 광물로서, 우리나라에서 채집된 황사 입자에서 확인된 나노 방해석들의 기원물질로 해석된다.

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