Rare-earth element geochemistry as a tracer for clarifying the provenance of the stream sediments in Namhan River, Korea

In the last forty years, the rare-earth elements （REEs） have been used as a powerful tool for solving various geological and geochemical problems due to their unique and chemically coherent behavior. The river sediments are produced by weathering, transportation and deposition. Nesbitt suggested that the rare-earth elements had been mobilized and fractionated during supracrustal alteration of the Torrongo granite, southeastern Australia. Nevertheless, recently, our replicate estimation for REE patterns in sediments revealed that there is nearly no variation in REE patterns. This suggests that invariability of REE patterns in weathering and solidification can be used as a tracer for constraining the provenance of stream sediments. In order to trace the pathway of the river sediments geochemically, based on the REE geochemistry from the river sediments and rocks, we have monitored the REE abundance of stream sediments at branch rivers of the Namhan River in South Korea for three years. The branches studied are Bokhacheon, Shinduncheon and Yanghwacheon. The sediments were divided into coarse （〉300 μm） and fine fractions （〈300 μm）. As a result, we could observe that major element compositions were similar to each other regardless of particle size and sampling date. This suggests that it is difficult to deduce a geochemical difference between river sediments based on major element composition and particle size. The geochemical characteristics of surrounding soils were similar to those of fine river sediments. And the chondrite-normalized REE patterns of most of the fine and coarse sediments in combination with grain sizes and drainage area showed very close relationship with the surrounding rocks. However, some sites showed that there were large variations in REE patterns including total REE abundance and Eu anomaly due to feldspars. This variation trend of REE patterns suggests that changes might have happened in sediment supply for the drainage system in the study area due to floods or large-scale construction.     

韩国软玉的宝石学特征研究

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增强型地热系统环境地质影响现状研究与对策建议

增强型地热系统（EGS）是目前地热资源开发利用的前沿热点,其发电几乎不受外界环境影响,且几乎不对人类环境产生污染和破坏,因而备受关注。近年来学者们发现EGS开发过程中,热储改造注水运行可导致大量的微震事件出现,少数EGS工程的注水过程与当地3级以上地震明显相关,需要密切关注。文章对增强型地热系统的原理、技术以及开发利用现状进行介绍,并对国内外主要的EGS相关环境影响事件进行了整理分析,在此基础上,总结了目前的EGS环境影响研究进展,提出了下一步可以采取的措施,可以为国内EGS工程选址及开发提供有效借鉴。      

韩国太白山盆地古生界砂岩碎屑锆石U-Pb年代及其区域构造含义

韩国中东部的太白山盆地位于京畿、岭南两个构造单元之间。采用LA-ICP-MS方法,从太白山盆地下寒武统、中-上石炭统（下二叠统？）砂岩碎屑锆石中分别获得27个和47个U-Pb有效年龄,前者记录了1820~1945Ma、2172~2195Ma、2473~2593Ma等3期可信的构造热事件,相对概率峰值分别为1897Ma、2177Ma以及2528Ma;后者记录了288~340Ma、461~474Ma、1780~1892Ma、1941~1959Ma、2012~2050Ma等5期可信的构造热事件,其中相对概率峰值为305Ma和1867Ma的两组年龄比较集中。研究认为,太白山盆地与京畿、岭南两个地块均发育大约1850Ma的构造热事件,缺乏华南比较特征的新元古代构造热事件;进一步依据太白山盆地相应时段沉积古流向和古地理分布,说明太白山盆地至少与岭南地块之间存在密切的碎屑物源和构造属性关系,其构造热事件记录可与华北克拉通对比。另一方面,尽管中-上石炭统（下二叠统？）碎屑锆石记录了峰值为305Ma和468Ma可能发生在华北-朝鲜联合块体南缘的俯冲或构造热事件,但上述两个样品的碎屑锆石均缺乏新元古代构造热事件的年龄记录,所以亲华南的陆块至少在晚石炭世（早二叠世？）以前并未向太白山盆地提供碎屑物源。     

韩国有关方试图把中国领土苏岩礁据为己有

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韩国海洋综合能力建设状况

近年来，由于韩国加强了海洋综合能力的建设，韩国的海洋事业有了长足的发展。本文从海洋管理能力建设、海洋开发能力建设、科技能力建设和海洋军事能力建设四个方面介绍了韩国海洋综合能力建设的状况。     

韩国第一次在近海进行三维地震调查

韩国国营石油公司(Pedco)已着手在近海Ⅵ-Ⅰ区块Gorae气田采集5000km长的三维地震测线．此项调查开始于1993年11月底，使用“Pacific Tifan”调查船．当时由Halliburton地球物理公司负责．这将是韩国获得的第一份三维地震资料。     

中韩海底光缆（中国侧）路由工程地质条件的研究与评价

根据在路由区所进行的旁扫声纳及浅地层剖面仪的声波探测和取样分析结果，对影响中韩海底光缆敷设及日后安全防护工程的浅埋岩石与露头、砂波、砂斑、砂香等灾害性地质现象进行了研究与评价。