A search for the ratio between gravity variation and vertical displacement due to a surface load

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 986-994

  de Linage, Caroline ^a   Hinderer, Jacques ^a   Rogister, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

Bouguer correction; Free air correction; Gravity; Surface load; Vertical displacement

Indexed keywords

BOUGUER ANOMALY; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; GRAVITY ANOMALY; LOADING;

EID: 36348987767     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03613.x     Document Type: Article

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