Preliminary GPS results and a possible neotectonic interpretation for South Korea

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 937-941

  Park, Pil Ho ^a,b   Chwae, Ueechan ^c   Ahn, Yong Won ^b   Choi, Kyu Hong ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

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

^c Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEOTECTONICS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA; WORLD;

EID: 1142282332     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03351690     Document Type: Article

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