The gravity anomaly at a location on the Earth's surface is the difference between the observed value of gravity and the value predicted by a theoretical...
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In geophysics, the free-air gravity anomaly, often simply called the free-air anomaly, is the measured gravity anomaly after a free-air correction is applied...
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free-air gravity anomaly, Bouguer gravity anomaly, and crustal thickness. In some areas of Mars there is a correlation between gravity anomalies and topography...
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In geodesy and geophysics, the Bouguer anomaly (named after Pierre Bouguer) is a gravity anomaly, corrected for the height at which it is measured and...
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Wilkes Land crater (redirect from Wilkes Land gravity anomaly)
paper by Weihaupt in 1976. Evidence cited included a large negative gravity anomaly coincident with a subglacial topographic depression 243 kilometres...
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targets Bouguer anomaly – Type of gravity anomaly Gravitation of the Moon Gravitational acceleration – Change in speed due only to gravity Gravity – Attraction...
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The Indian Ocean Geoid Low (IOGL) is a gravity anomaly in the Indian Ocean. A circular region in the Earth's geoid, situated just south of the Indian...
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strength of gravity occur from place to place according to the density distribution of the rocks beneath the surface. Such gravity anomalies have been mapped...
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derive a climate anomaly. Gravity anomaly, difference between the observed gravity and a value predicted from a model Bouguer anomaly, anomaly in gravimetry...
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Isostasy (redirect from Isostatic gravity anomaly)
static theory of isostacy. The isostatic anomaly or IA is defined as the Bouger anomaly minus the gravity anomaly due to the subsurface compensation, and...
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Gravimetry (redirect from Gravity meter)
above. These measurements are used to quantify gravity anomalies. Gravimeters can detect vibrations and gravity changes from human activities. Depending on...
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Hudson Bay (section Free-air gravity anomaly)
a large free-air gravity anomaly that lies within the Canadian Shield. The similarity in areal extent of the free-air gravity anomaly with the perimeter...
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satellite and astro-geodetic data). A worldwide 5° × 5° mean free air gravity anomaly field provided the basic data for producing the WGS 66 gravimetric...
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Solar eclipse (section Gravity anomalies)
1103/PhysRevD.62.041101. S2CID 6846335. Yang, X. S.; Wang, Q. S. (2002). "Gravity anomaly during the Mohe total solar eclipse and new constraint on gravitational...
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GRACE and GRACE-FO (redirect from Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment)
Center (DLR). Twin satellites took detailed measurements of Earth's gravity field anomalies from its launch in March 2002 to the end of its science mission...
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Evidence for the crater's impact origin includes shocked quartz, a gravity anomaly, and tektites in surrounding areas. The date of the impact coincides...
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region of a planet's or moon's crust that contains a large positive gravity anomaly. In general, the word "mascon" can be used as a noun to refer to an...
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positive gravity anomaly or negative disturbing potential (mass excess) and lower than the reference ellipsoid wherever there is a negative gravity anomaly or...
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the Anomaly of the Mount Aragats". 22 September 2017. "THE BEST DAY TRIPS FROM YEREVAN". 22 June 2020. "Gravity Hills in Armenia has no Gravity! -Optical...
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Gravity gradiometry is the study of variations (anomalies) in the Earth's gravity field via measurements of the spatial gradient of gravitational acceleration...
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Gravitation of the Moon (redirect from Gravity field of the Moon)
associated with Oceanus Procellarum does not cause a positive gravity anomaly. The center of gravity of the Moon does not coincide exactly with its geometric...
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The anomaly was discovered by a magnetic survey and a gravity survey. Maple Mountain (Ontario) Bangui magnetic anomaly Kursk Magnetic Anomaly Ishpatina...
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: 167 Some corrections that are needed for gravity anomalies are less important for magnetic anomalies. For example, the vertical gradient of the magnetic...
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known forces (mostly gravity), they were actually found to be some 400 km closer to the sun at the end of the year. This anomaly is now believed to be...
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Midcontinent Rift System (redirect from Mid-continent gravity high)
thick. Where buried, the rift has been mapped by gravity anomalies (its dense basaltic rock increases gravity locally), aeromagnetic surveys, and seismic data...
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altitude, about 400 kilometres (250 mi). Its features include a Bouguer gravity anomaly of −120 mGal, a topographical surface feature shaped as a ring of 810 km...
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756 mi) on average. This flattened spheroid, combined with local gravity anomalies, defines the geoid of the Earth, which approximates the local mean...
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Relative to the residual gravity field, at the centre it is 23 mGal lower than the surrounding terrain. The gravity anomaly is approximately 40 km across...
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well: it turns out to be unable to account for the flyby anomaly. The classical time-retarded gravity explanation proposed by Joseph C. Hafele. Range-proportional...
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granite. A considerable gravity anomaly is associated with the Dartmoor pluton as with other such plutons. Measurement of the anomaly has helped to determine...
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