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Main Title Bouguer Gravity Regional and Residual Separation: Application to Geology and Environment [electronic resource] /
Type EBOOK
Author Mallick, K.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Vasanthi, A.
Sharma, K. K.
Publisher Springer Netherlands,
Year Published 2012
Call Number QC801-809
ISBN 9789400704060
Subjects Geography ; Physical geography ; Mines and mineral resources ; Engineering
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0406-0
Collation X, 250p. 70 illus., 10 illus. in color. online resource.
Notes
Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only
Contents Notes
Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Regional and residual gravity anomalies : The existing issues -- 3. New computational schemes -- 4. Applications to geological and environmental problems -- 5. Hydrocarbon -- 6. Minerals and Groundwater -- 7. Structural studies -- 8. Isostatic studies -- 9. Vertical Crustal Movements -- 10. Engineering Applications and earthquake studies -- 11. Other applications -- Index. The process of regional-residual separation in potential field is age-old. Broadly, there are two techniques for regional-residual resolution, viz., graphical and analytical. Both the techniques have their own respective shortcomings. In this book, the authors have described the technique based on finite element method in which only eight (or twelve) nodal observed gravity values are used for the regional computation, thereby eliminating the possible contamination of anomalous fields and also the technique does not assume an explicit model and physical properties like density of rocks etc. in the regional computation. The book discusses the advantages of this technique viz., it is not site-specific; the computation is independent of any prior assumptions as to the form and depth of shallow or deeper structures; it can handle data distributed at random or on a regular grid on the map space; and the neighbouring surveys join smoothly. The book focuses on application of this new technique which has been demonstrated in different fields, such as hydrocarbon, minerals and groundwater, structural studies, earthquake and engineering studies and impact structures.