Acquisition and analysis of terrestrial gravity data /

"Gravity surveys, detecting minute variations at the Earth's surface, 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-st...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Long, L. T. (Leland Timothy)
Other Authors:	Kaufmann, Ronald Douglas
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Subjects:	Gravity anomalies > Measurement. Geophysical surveys. Earth (Planet) > Crust. Gravity anomalies. Earth (Planet)
Online Access:	Online Access Online Access Online Access
Summary:	"Gravity surveys, detecting minute variations at the Earth's surface, 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 fully 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. The authors also explore the increasing near-surface geophysical applications being opened up by improvements in instrumentation, and provide some more advance-level material to give a useful introduction to potential theory"--