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Geology of Jeju Island

2013
Jeju Island is a volcanic island situated off the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula. The island was produced by volcanic activity which occurred from about 2 million years ago until historic times. The island is 73 km long in the east-west direction and 31 km long in the north-south direction, having an area of 1,847 km2.
Kyung Sik Woo, Young Kwan Sohn, Ung San Ahn, Seok Hoon Yoon, Andy Spate   +4 more
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Groundwater occurrence on Jeju Island, Korea

Hydrogeology Journal, 2005
Jeju Island is a volcanic island composed predominantly of permeable basalts. The island is poor in surface water but abundant in groundwater. No actual perennial streams exist and the water resources on the island are dependent almost entirely on groundwater. The groundwater bodies on the island are classified into three general categories: high level,
Jong-Ho Won, Jin-Yong Lee, Ji-Wook Kim, Gi-Won Koh   +3 more
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Environmental Justice Reparations for Jeju Island

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2017
Jeju Island provides a unique context for exploring remedies to mass harm. As a site of horrific historical human rights abuses and also ongoing present environmental degradation, Jeju offers a setting for exploring environmental justice as reparations.
Kath Rogers, Kaimipono David Wenger
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Intertidal meiofauna of Jeju Island, Korea

Ocean Science Journal, 2011
For the first time, the structure of the meiobenthos community and marine nematodes in particular was investigated in the different intertidal zones of Jeju Island (South Sea of Korea). A relationship was found between the density of meiobenthic communities and the type of the bottom sediment.
Olga N. Pavlyuk, Yulia A. Trebukhova
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Spring Water and Water Culture on Jeju Island

Groundwater, 2011
Introduction Jeju (Cheju) Island is often called the Hawaii of Korea. The island, the country’s largest, is located approximately 140 km south of the Korean mainland. Mt. Halla, the central peak of the island, is the highest mountain in South Korea at 1950 m above sea level.
Won-Bae, Park, Kyoochul, Ha
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Early-stage volcanism and sedimentation of Jeju Island revealed by the Sagye borehole, SW Jeju Island, Korea

Geosciences Journal, 2004
Jeju Island comprises extensive lava flows and hundreds of monogenetic volcanic cones with rare and thin sedimentary deposits. However, a number of boreholes reveal that the lavas are only 50 to 120 m thick along the coastal regions and are underlain by a 100 m-thick volcaniclastic sedimentary formation, which is correlative with the Seoguipo Formation.
Young Kwan Sohn, Ki Hwa Park
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Instantaneous wind power penetration in Jeju Island

2008 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting - Conversion and Delivery of Electrical Energy in the 21st Century, 2008
Recently, many wind power generators are installed through the sponsorship of government in Korea. Jeju is the largest island in Korea with high wind energy potential. It has autonomous electric grid and its electrical load reaches over 600 MW. When the wind power possesses a significant portion of a power system, it can cause various problems.
null Jin-woo Park, null Young-ho Park, null Seung-il Moon   +2 more
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Measuring sustainable tourism - Focused on Jeju Island -

Journal of Regional Studies, 2019
본 연구는 지속가능관광의 중요성에 착안하여 섬 관광목적지인 제주도의 특징을 반영한 지속가능관광지표를 개발하고, 현시점에서의 제주지역 지속가능관광 수준을 측정하는데 연구의 목적을 두었다. 지표의 개발을 위하여 1차적으로 지속가능관광 개념과 지속가능관광 지표 및 섬 지역 관광과 관련된 문헌연구를 통하여 핵심과제와 세부지표 후보군을 도출하였고 2차적으로 학계, 관계, 산업계로 구성된 제주지역 관광전문가와의 심층면접을 통하여 3개 부문, 9개 핵심과제, 40개 세부지표를 도출하였다.
Kwang-Woong Choi, Yong-Kun Suh
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Spider Fauna of Jeju Island in Korea

Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 2002
Abstract A critical check list of the spiders in Jeju island, Korea is presented with review of published reports from 1936 to 2001 and identification of the authors' specimens collected from 1964 to 2001. Total 166 genera 347 species belonging to 36 families of spiders was classified in Jeju Island.
Joon Namkung, Moon-Soon Im, Seung-Tae Kim, Joon-Ho Lee   +3 more
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Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tube, Korea

2018
Jeju Island, in the East China Sea, is the low crest of a dormant shield volcano. The island is characterized by the presence of lava tube made by lava flows that formed over a period of 1.2 million years until about 25,000 years ago. The lava flows are made of fine-grained basalt in the form of great tubes of rock, creating an exceptional system of ...
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