Strain accumulation in South Korea inferred from GPS measurements

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 529-534

  Jin, Shuanggen ^a,b   Park, Pil Ho ^a  

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

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

GPS; South Korea; Strain accumulation

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; GPS; SEISMIC MOMENT; STRAIN RATE; TECTONICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 33745550059     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03351950     Document Type: Article

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