Singwang strike-slip duplex' around the Pohang Basin, SE Korea: Its structural evolution and role in opening and fill of the Miocene basin

Geosciences Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-157

  Choi, Pom Yong ^a  

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

Author keywords

Connecting fault; Jangsa Fault; Pohang Basin; Segment; Singwang strike slip duplex; Yangsan Fault

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746011216     PISSN: 12264806     EISSN: 15987477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02910359     Document Type: Article

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