Publications

Underlined authors: Lab member

*corresponding author

I. Lim, J. Kim, J. Kim, S-U. An, H-M. Cho, H. Han, H. Seo and T. Kim*, 2025, Distributions of Dissolved Trace Metals in the Nakdong River Estuary: Influence of an Estuarine Barrage on Their Geochemical Behaviors. Ocean Science Journal, 60: 34, doi: doi.org/10.1007/s12601-025-00231-z

J. H. Choi, G. Kim, Y. Kang, C.-K. Kang, T. Kim* and H. Y. Soh*, 2025, Neustonic zooplankton communities across distinct summer water masses in the northern East China Sea. Marine Environmental Research, 207: 107088 , doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2025.107088

J. Kim, I. Lim, J. Kim, H. Sim, H. Seo and T. Kim*, 2025, Contrasting seasonal behaviors of dissolved rare earth elements and anthropogenic gadolinium in the estuary dam system. Estuaries and Coasts, 48: 71 , doi: 10.1007/s12237-025-01504-5

J. Kim and T. Kim*, 2024, Distributions of dissolved rare earth elements in the Gwangyang Bay, Korea. Journal of the Geological Society of Korea, 60.4: 389-397 (in Korean with English abstract), doi: 10.14770/jgsk.2024.027 

I. Y. Ikhsani*, K. W. Wong, T. Kim, A. S. Mashio, K. Norisuye and H. Obata, 2024, Biogeochemistry of dissolved trace metals in the Bay of Bengal. Marine Chemistry, 262: 104394, doi: 10.1016/j.marchem.2024.104394 

K. H. Wong*, H. Obata, T. Kim, H. Tazoe, A. Mashio, H. Hasegawa and J. Nishioka, 2024, Dissolved zinc in the western Bering Sea and near Kamchatka Strait: A coastal source and transport to the subarctic North Pacific. Marine Chemistry, 260: 104375, doi: 10.1016/j.marchem.2024.104375 

J-M. Jung, C-J. Kim, C-S. Chung, T. Kim, H-S. Gu, H-E. Kim and K-Y. Choi*, 2024, Applying new regional background concentration criteria to assess heavy metal contamination in deep-sea sediments at an ocean dumping site, Republic of Korea. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 200: 116065, doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116065

J. Kim, H. Sim, I. Lim, T. Kim*, J. Jung, K-H. Cho, T-W. Kim, J. Park, E. J. Yang, X. Chen and H. Seo, 2023, Trace-Metal-Clean Sampling System: Application to Ice-Breaking Research Vessel Araon. Ocean Science Journal, 58: 23, doi: 10.1007/s12601-023-00118-x

J. Kim and T. Kim*, 2023, Distributions of dissolved rare earth elements and anthropogenic gadolinium in the Yeongil Bay, Korea. Journal of the Geological Society of Korea, 59(3): 453 – 461 (in English with Korean abstract), doi: 10.14770/jgsk.2023.036

J-M. Jung, C-J. Kim, C-S. Chung, T. Kim and K-Y. Choi*, 2023, Heavy metal characterization of land-based waste dumped at three ocean dumping sites in the Republic of Korea. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 193: 115205, doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115205

I. Lim, C. Sun, J-H. Lee, J. Kim, S. Lee, H. Sim, H-M. Cho, J-S. Ryu and T. Kim*, 2023, Seasonal variations of dissolved rare earth elements and anthropogenic gadolinium in the highly urbanized river basin, Busan, Korea. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 288: 108359, doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108359 

H. Sim, I. Lim, J. Kim, J. Kim, J-S. Ryu, J-H. Lee, H-M. Cho, H. Han, H. Seo and T. Kim*, 2023, Chemical Speciation of Dissolved Copper in the Nakdong River Estuary and Its Relationship with Humic-Like Fluorescent Dissolved Organic Matter. Ocean Science Journal, 58: 4, doi: /10.1007/s12601-022-00098-4 

I. Lim, J-S. Ryu, J. Lee, J-H, Lee, H-M. Cho and T. Kim*, 2022, Assessments of Dissolved Rare Earth Elements and Anthropogenic Gadolinium Concentrations in Different Processes of Wastewater Treatment Plant in Busan, Korea. Journal of Korean Earth Science Society, 43(2): 303 – 311 (in Korean with English abstract and figures), doi: 10.5467/JKESS.2022.43.2.303

K. H. Wong*, H. Obata, J. Nishioka, Y. Yamashita, Y. Kondo, T. Kim, A. Mashio and H. Hasegawa, 2022, Subarctic Pacific Intermediate Water: An Oceanic Highway for the Transport of Trace Metals in the North Pacific. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin, 31(2): 31 – 36, doi: 10.1002/lob.10490 

K. H. Wong*, J. Nishioka, T. Kim and H. Obata, 2022, Long‐Range Lateral Transport of Dissolved Manganese and Iron in the Subarctic Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127(2): e2021JC017652, doi: 10.1029/2021jc017652

H. Seo, G. Kim*, T. Kim, I. Kim, K. Ra and H. Jeong, 2022, Trace elements (Fe, Mn, Co, Cu, Cd, and Ni) in the East Sea (Japan Sea): Distributions, boundary inputs, and scavenging processes. Marine Chemistry, 239: 104070, doi: 10.1016/j.marchem.2021.104070

J. Kim, J-S. Ryu*, J. Lee, S. Jeong, K. Ra, T. Kim and J-H, Lee, 2021, Hydrogeochemical characteristics of the Suyeong River, South Korea. Journal of the Geological Society of Korea, 57(6): 797–807  (in Korean with English abstract and figures), doi: 10.14770/jgsk.2021.57.6.797

X. Chen, H. Seo, H. Han, J. Seo, T. Kim and G. Kim*, 2021, Conservative behavior of terrestrial trace elements associated with humic substances in the coastal ocean. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 308: 373–383, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2021.05.020

H-M. Cho, T-H. Kim*, J. H. Moon, B. C. Song, D-W. Hwang, T. Kim, D-H. Im, 2021, Estimating submarine groundwater discharge in volcanic island (Jeju, Korea) during a typhoon (Kong-rey) using humic-fluorescent dissolved organic matter-Si mass balance. Scientific Reports, 11: 941, doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-79381-0

K. H. Wong*, H. Obata, T. Kim, Y. Kondo, J. Nishioka, 2021, New insights into the biogeochemical cycling of copper in the subarctic Pacific: Distributions, size fractionation, and organic complexation. Limnology and Oceanography, 66(4): 1424–1439,  doi: 10.1002/lno.11695

T. Kim, H. Kim, G. Kim*, 2020, Tracing river water versus wastewater sources of trace elements using rare earth elements in the Nakdong River estuarine waters. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 160: 111589, doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111589

T. Kim*, 2020, Review of chemical speciation of dissolved zinc in seawater. The Sea, Journal of Korean Society of Oceanography, 25(3): 67–80 (in Korean with English abstract and figures), doi: 10.7850/jkso.2020.25.3.067

J-Y. Park, P. Oh, T. Kim, J-H, Lee*, 2020, Study on stopping ability of a ship equipped with Azimuth Propeller. Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology, 34(1), 13–18, doi: 10.26748/KSOE.2019.106

K. H. Wong*, H. Obata, T. Kim, Y. Wakuta and S. Takeda, 2019, Distribution and speciation of copper and its relationship with FDOM in the East China Sea. Marine Chemistry, 212: 96–107, doi: 10.1016/j.marchem.2019.04.005

T. Kim*, H. Obata, S. Takeda, K. H. Wong, A. S. Mashio, and T. Gamo, 2018, Organic complexation of zinc in a coastal hydrothermal area, Tachibana Bay, Nagasaki, Japan. Geochemical Journal, 52(6): e29–e38, doi:10.2343/geochemj.2.0545

M. L. Firdaus*, A. S. Mashio, T. Kim, R. Muhammad, J. A. McAlister, H. Obata, T. Gamo, and R. Khaydarov, 2018, Simultaneous measurement of picomolar zirconium, hafnium, niobium and tantalum in seawater using commercially available chelating resin and subsequent ICP-MS determination. Geochemical Journal, 52(5): 427–431, doi:10.2343/geochemj.2.0533

K. H. Wong*, H. Obata, T. Kim, A. S. Mashio, H. Fukuda and H. Ogawa, 2018, Organic complexation of copper in estuarine waters: An assessment of the multi-detection window approach. Marine Chemistry, 204: 144–151, doi: 10.1016/j.marchem.2018.07.001

The GEOTRACES Group (R. Schlitzer* et al. including T. Kim), 2018, The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2017. Chemical Geology, 493: 210–223, doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.05.040

T. Kim*, H. Obata, J. Nishioka and T. Gamo, 2017, Distribution of dissolved zinc in the western and central subarctic North Pacific. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 31(9): 1454–1468, doi: 10.1002/2017GB005711

H. Obata*, J. Nishioka, T. Kim, K. Norisuye, S. Takeda, Y. Wakuta and T. Gamo, 2017, Dissolved iron and zinc in Sagami Bay and the Izu-Ogasawara Trench. Journal of Oceanography, 73(3): 333–344, doi: 10.1007/s10872-016-0407-8

H. Obata*, T. Kim and J. Nishioka, 2017, Fe supply to the subarctic North Pacific. Oceanography in Japan, 26(3): 79–93 (in Japanese with English abstract and figures)

N. Nakayama*, T. Tokieda, A. Suzuki, T. Kim, T. Gamo and H. Obata, 2016, Size fractionation of nanoparticulate metal sulfides in oxic water of Lake Teganuma, Japan. Geochemical Journal, 50(3): 281–286, doi: 10.2343/geochemj.2.0408

T. Kim*, H. Obata and T. Gamo, 2015, Dissolved Zn and its speciation in the northeastern Indian Ocean and the Andaman Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 2:60, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2015.00060

T. Kim*, H. Obata, Y. Kondo, H, Ogawa and T. Gamo, 2015, Distribution and speciation of dissolved zinc in the western North Pacific and its adjacent seas. Marine Chemistry, 173: 330–341, doi: 10.1016/j.marchem.2014.10.016

T. Kim*, H. Obata, T. Gamo and J. Nishioka, 2015, Sampling and onboard analytical methods for determining subnanomolar concentrations of zinc in seawater. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 13: 30–39, doi: 10.1002/lom3.10004