Present-day relative displacements between the Jeju Island and the Korean peninsula as seen from GPS observations

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 927-931

  Hamdy, Ahmed ^a,b   Park, Pil Ho ^a   Lim, Hyung Chul ^b   Park, Kwan Dong ^c  

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

^b National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics   (Egypt)

^c Kookmin University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amurian Plate; GPS; Jeju Island; Korean peninsula

Indexed keywords

GPS; PLATE MOTION;

EID: 20644469924     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352540     Document Type: Article

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