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Journal of the Alberta Society of Petroleum Geologists
Vol. 8 (1960), No. 10. (October), Pages 261-270

Determination of the Horizontal Gravity Gradient with the Gravimeter

Stephen Thyssen-Bornemisza, W. F. Stackler

ABSTRACT

In recent years modern gravimeters have been perfected to such an extent that the measurement of gravity has become an extremely fast and simple method of exploration. The determination of the station elevation has been the most cumbersome and most expensive part of any modern gravity survey. In order to avoid the elevation problem it is proposed to measure the horizontal gravity gradient with the gravimeter. Preliminary field experiments over the Turner Valley structure indicate that this procedure may be quite successful and particularly applicable in remote areas such as the Canadian Arctic. It also may prove useful where former gravity surveys have to be supplemented and the old station locations are lost, so that a direct tying-in of additional gravity stations is not possible.


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