A new fiber optic gradiometer for 4-D absolute differential gravity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-36

  Brown, J M ^a   Niebauer, T M ^b   Klopping, F J ^c,d   Herring, A T ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^c Micro g Solutions Inc   (United States)

^d EM g Inc   (United States)

^e EDCON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GEOMAGNETISM; GRAVITATION; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER APPLICATIONS; MAGNETOMETERS;

ABSOLUTE DIFFERENTIAL GRAVITY; FIBER OPTIC-BASED LASER INTERFEROMETRY; GRAVITY GRADIOMETRY;

GEOPHYSICS;

GRAVIMETRY; GRAVITY FIELD;

EID: 0034352559     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL010421     Document Type: Article

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