Preface to the special issue on earthquake geodesy

作     者：Sidao Ni 

作者机构：CAS Key Laboratory of Dynamical Geodesy Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics Wuhan 430077 China 

出 版 物：《Earthquake Science》 (地震学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2011年第24卷第2期

页      面：133-134页

核心收录：

学科分类：0709[理学-地质学] 07[理学] 08[工学] 0708[理学-地球物理学] 081601[工学-大地测量学与测量工程] 0816[工学-测绘科学与技术] 

主　　题：Wenchuan Earthquake Body Wave Joint Inversion Yushu Earthquake Great Wenchuan Earthquake 

摘      要：Geodesy is among the oldest branches of Earth science with historical record of geodesy study by Thales of Miletus more than 2000 years. Originally geodesy was defined as the science of measuring and portraying of the Earth＇s surface, i.e., assuming that the Earth is