The low seismic activity of the Korean Peninsula surrounded by high earthquake countries

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-103

  Kim, So Gu ^a   Lkhasuren, Erdenedalai ^a   Park, Pil Ho ^b  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Baikal Korea (Amurian) Plate; GPS; Intra continental earthquake; Transcurrent boundaries

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; GPS; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY; STRAIN; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

EID: 1142281018     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOSE.0000009500.04368.86     Document Type: Article

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