An algorithm to calculate the gravity anomaly of sedimentary basins with exponential density-depth relationships

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 249-258

  Chappell, Alex ^a   Kusznir, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GRAVITY ANOMALY; SEDIMENTARY BASINS;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

ALGORITHM; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOMETRY; GRAVITY ANOMALY; NUMERICAL METHOD; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GALICIA BANK; IRISH SEA;

EID: 39349105433     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2007.00674.x     Document Type: Article

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