Korean peninsula recent movements: remote sensing control

The Korean peninsula is situated st the eastern extremity of Asiatic mainland in the convergence area of the Eurasian, Pacific and Philippine lithosphere plates. Although in the geodynamical sense this region is referred to as a continental margin of active type, many scientists suppose that the Korean peninsula has not been exposed to any observable recent crustal movements as distinct from the situated more east Japanese islands. Morphostructural analysis of relief, carried out by authors on the base of remote sensing data interpretation, analysis of tectonic structure and fields of tension, based on material of geological studies coupled with results of satellite and overland geophysical (gravimetrical and seismological) studies, as well as analysis of recurrent triangulation material and determinations with the help of GPS on supporting geodetic and cadastral networks have shown that from Pliocene time Korean peninsula feels sufficiently intensive as vertical, and horizontal motion. Control for the position of network of supporting spots, executed as of satellite geodesies, has allowed the authors to give a quantitative evaluation to this motion on the modern stage.