Evidence for partial melt in the crust beneath Mt. Paektu (Changbaishan), Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and China

Ri Kyong-Song; James O. S. Hammond; Ko Chol-Nam; Kim Hyok; Yun Yong-Gun; Pak Gil-Jong; Ri Chong-Song; Clive Oppenheimer; Kosima W. Liu; Kayla Iacovino; Ryu Kum-Ran

doi:10.1126/sciadv.1501513

Research ArticleSeismology

Evidence for partial melt in the crust beneath Mt. Paektu (Changbaishan), Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and China

Ri Kyong-Song¹,
View ORCID ProfileJames O. S. Hammond²,*,
Ko Chol-Nam¹,
Kim Hyok¹,
Yun Yong-Gun¹,
Pak Gil-Jong¹,
Ri Chong-Song¹,
View ORCID ProfileClive Oppenheimer³,
Kosima W. Liu⁴,
Kayla Iacovino⁵ and
Ryu Kum-Ran⁶

¹Earthquake Administration, Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
²Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London, London WC1E 7HX, UK.
³Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EN, UK.
⁴Environmental Education Media Project, Beijing 100025, China.
⁵U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
⁶Pyongyang International Information Centre of New Technology and Economy, Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

↵*Corresponding author. E-mail: j.hammond{at}ucl.ac.uk

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Science Advances 15 Apr 2016:
Vol. 2, no. 4, e1501513
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1501513

Ri Kyong-Song

1Earthquake Administration, Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

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James O. S. Hammond

2Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London, London WC1E 7HX, UK.

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Ko Chol-Nam

1Earthquake Administration, Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

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Kim Hyok

1Earthquake Administration, Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

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Yun Yong-Gun

1Earthquake Administration, Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

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Pak Gil-Jong

1Earthquake Administration, Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

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Ri Chong-Song

1Earthquake Administration, Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

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Clive Oppenheimer

3Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EN, UK.

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Kosima W. Liu

4Environmental Education Media Project, Beijing 100025, China.

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Kayla Iacovino

5U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.

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Ryu Kum-Ran

6Pyongyang International Information Centre of New Technology and Economy, Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

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