Seismicity and GPS constraints on crustal deformation in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula

Geosciences Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 491-497

  Jin, Shuanggen ^a,b   Li, Z C ^c   Park, Pil Ho ^a  

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

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NATIONAL GEOMATICS CENTER OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Crustal deformation; GPS; Korean Peninsula; Seismicity; Strain rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846297981     PISSN: 12264806     EISSN: 15987477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02910442     Document Type: Article

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