MineralogyMineralogy, genesis and utilization of clay minerals and zeolites Environmental mineralogy on asbestos, soil pollution and waste disposal Industrial mineralogy on ceramics and chemicals Clay-organic polymer interaction and bio-mineralogy Soil stabilization in civil engineering
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Clay Mineralogy

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

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Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology

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

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Resource Geology and Economic Geology

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").

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Sedimentology and Sedimentary Petrology

Structural Geology Kinematics and dynamics of brittle deformations Cenozoic crustal deformation and basin evolution in the Korean Peninsula Rock-fabric study by using anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) Application of geological structures to civil engineering

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Structural Geology

Structural Geology and Tectonics 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

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Structural Geology and Tectonics

Volcanology and Geochemistry Volcanic processes related to the subduction, relationship to tectonics Environmental Geochemistry in soil and (ground)water Elementary crystal chemistry, especially of the gem stones

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Volcanology and Geochemistry