Acquisition and analysis of terrestrial gravity data [electronic resource] / Leland Timothy Long, Ronald Douglas Kaufmann.
2013
QB337 .L66 2013
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Title
Acquisition and analysis of terrestrial gravity data [electronic resource] / Leland Timothy Long, Ronald Douglas Kaufmann.
Author
Long, L. T. (Leland Timothy)
ISBN
9781107024137
9781139612555 (electronic book)
9781139612555 (electronic book)
Publication Details
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Language
English
Description
x, 171 p. : ill.
Call Number
QB337 .L66 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
526/.7
Summary
"Gravity surveys have a huge range of applications, indicating density variations in the subsurface and identifying man-made structures, local changes of rock type or even deep-seated structures at the crust/mantle boundary. This important one-stop book combines an introductory manual of practical procedures with a full explanation of analysis techniques, enabling students, geophysicists, geologists and engineers to understand the methodology, applications and limitations of a gravity survey. Filled with examples from a wide variety of acquisition problems, the book instructs students in avoiding common mistakes and misconceptions. It explores the increasing near-surface geophysical applications being opened up by improvements in instrumentation and provides more advance-level material as a useful introduction to potential theory. This is a key text for graduate students of geophysics and for professionals using gravity surveys, from civil engineers and archaeologists to oil and mineral prospectors and geophysicists seeking to learn more about the Earth's deep interior"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Kaufmann, Ronald Douglas.
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: List of symbols; 1. Gravitational attraction; 2. Instruments and data reduction; 3. Field acquisition of gravity data; 4. Graphical representation of the anomalous field; 5. Manipulation of the gravity field; 6. Interpretation of density structure; 7. Direct inversion; 8. Experimental isostasy; References; Index.