지질환경과학과
Crystallography and Mineral Physics
- X-ray diffraction study using synchrotron radiation
- Crystallographic study of minerals under the earth’s interior condition
- Experimental approach of extreme condition using diamond anvil cell
- Mineral application under pressure and temperature
Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology
- Hydraulic test analysis interpreting groundwater flow Urban hydrogeology related to groundwater and soil contamination Groundwater flow and contaminant transport modeling Hydrogeological characteristics related to underground structures for nuclear waste, petroleum, and natural gas Hydrogeological and geochemical approach on geothermal system Environmental Hydrogeological Information System (EHIS) Stream-aquifer interaction associated with riverbank filtration
Resource Geology and Economic Geology
- Properties of fluids: basic fluids inclusion research Ore-forming processes, hydrothermal systems, ore mineralogy and microscopy of ore deposits Fluid, glass and silicate melt inclusions in igneous rocks
Sedimentology and Sedimentary Petrology
- Cretaceous Dinosaur Remains(skeletons, tracks and traces, eggs, dungs) Establishing a Science of Natural History comprising the histories of celestial body, Earth, animals and plants, and human beings. Scientific identification of natural materials as dinosaur fossils. Environmental Stratigraphy concerning to sedimentary pollutions, mineral medicines, medical stones("maekbanseok").
Structural Geology & Tectonics
1) Tectonic evolution of Asian continent
2) Mesozoic and Cenozoic crustal deformation and basin evolution in Korean Peninsula
3) Active tectonics and paleoseismology
4) Application of AMS (anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility) to geological problems
5) Application of structural geology to civil engineering
Geophysics
- Application of paleomagnetism and AMS(anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility) to geological and geophysical problems Tectonics and evolution of sedimentary basins Tectonic evolution of East Asia Supercontinents reconstruction (Gondwana, Rodinia, etc.) Geological structures in fault and fold regions (esp. in strike-slips regime) Application of geophysical methods to shallow subsurface exploration
Volcanology and Tectonic
1) Investigation of volcanic plumbing systems based on petrographic and petrochemical techniques
2) Flow kinematics of PDCs, lahars and lava flows based on field-geological techniques
3) Tephra chronology and stratigraphy of young explosive volcanoes in the Korean scientific territory
4) Tectonics of marine sedimentary basins based on seismic reflection data analysis