The quest for the perfect gravity anomaly: Part 2 - Mass effects and anomaly inversion

SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts
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Gravity anomalies have become an important tool for geologic studies since the widespread use of high-precision gravimeters after the Second World War. More recently the development of instrumentation for airborne gravity observations, procedures for acquiring data from satellite platforms, the readily available Global Positioning System for precise vertical and horizontal control, improved global data bases, and enhancement of computational hardware and software have accelerated the use of the gravity method. As a result, efforts are being made to improve the gravity databases that are made available to the geoscience community by broadening their observational holdings and increasing the accuracy and precision of the included data. Currently the North American Gravity Database as well as the individual databases of Canada, Mexico, and the United States of America are being revised using new formats and standards. The objective of this paper is to describe the use of the revised standards for gravity data processing and modeling and there impact on geological interpretations. ?? 2005 Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title The quest for the perfect gravity anomaly: Part 2 - Mass effects and anomaly inversion
Series title SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts
DOI 10.1190/1.2370393
Volume 25
Issue 1
Year Published 2006
Language English
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Larger Work Subtype Journal Article
Larger Work Title SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts
First page 864
Last page 868
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