New views of the spherical Bouguer gravity anomaly

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 460-472

  Vanicek P ^a   Tenzer, R ^a   Sjoberg L E ^b   Martinec, Z ^c   Featherstone, W E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bouguer correction; Geoid; Gravity anomaly; Topography

Indexed keywords

BOUGUER ANOMALY; GEOID; GRAVITY ANOMALY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 8744311395     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02435.x     Document Type: Article

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