Econ. Environ. Geol. 2002; 35(6): 509-521
Published online December 31, 2002
© THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY
Geochemical characteristics on the petrological groups of stream sediments and water in primary channels of the Jangheung area, Korea
Correspondence to : Young Seog Park
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to find out geochemical characteristics of stream sediments which are good indicator of geochemical hazard valuation and water in primary channels of the Jangheung area. We separated three groups which were granitoid area, granite gneiss area and tuffeous area by petrological properties. Physical and chemical characteristics of stream water such as temperature, pH, and EC were measured in the field between 1999 and 2001 and stream sediments samples were collected from April to May in 1999. For the chemical analysis of stream sediments samples, XRF, ICP-AES and NAA were used. The contents of the major elements had a similar
contents in three groups and those of rare earth elements in granite gneiss area were lower value than those of other two groups. Zn and Cu were higher value than the other toxic elements. Through the enrichment factor and enrichment index features of the elements, we knew that Fe2O3, MgO, TiO2, MnO and Eu, Yb of the tuffeous area samples and Co, Cr, Zn were enriched.
Keywords stream sediments, geochemical hazard, chemical analysis, enrichment factor, enrichment index
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Econ. Environ. Geol. 2002; 35(6): 509-521
Published online December 31, 2002
Copyright © THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY.
Geochemical characteristics on the petrological groups of stream sediments and water in primary channels of the Jangheung area, Korea
Young Seog Park1*, Jong Kyun Kim1, Min Su Han2, Yong Jun Kim3 Woo Seog Jang4 and Seong Cheon Shin4
1Dept. of Mineral Resource Engineering, Chosun University, Gwangju 501-759, Korea
2National Research Institute of Cultural Properties, Seoul 110-050, Korea
3Dept of Geology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Korea
4Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Daejeon 305-350, Korea
Correspondence to:
Young Seog Park
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to find out geochemical characteristics of stream sediments which are good indicator of geochemical hazard valuation and water in primary channels of the Jangheung area. We separated three groups which were granitoid area, granite gneiss area and tuffeous area by petrological properties. Physical and chemical characteristics of stream water such as temperature, pH, and EC were measured in the field between 1999 and 2001 and stream sediments samples were collected from April to May in 1999. For the chemical analysis of stream sediments samples, XRF, ICP-AES and NAA were used. The contents of the major elements had a similar
contents in three groups and those of rare earth elements in granite gneiss area were lower value than those of other two groups. Zn and Cu were higher value than the other toxic elements. Through the enrichment factor and enrichment index features of the elements, we knew that Fe2O3, MgO, TiO2, MnO and Eu, Yb of the tuffeous area samples and Co, Cr, Zn were enriched.
Keywords stream sediments, geochemical hazard, chemical analysis, enrichment factor, enrichment index
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