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Gravity Method Introduction

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Gravity Method

By
Dr. Amin E. Khalil
R M1
M2

M 1M 2
F G  2
r
Newton 2nd law
F M g
hence
M 1M 2
M 2 g G  2
r
Then
M
g G  2
r
Ideal R = radius of the earth

km
71
Earth is considered as
sphere and hence 63
radius is constant.
Real
Earth is not sphere and hence radius
is not constant.

Hence correction must be applied


Why corrections?
Because many factors affect the
value of g. As an example:
•Earth flattening.
•Surface relief.
• anomalous masses inside the
earth

We want to focus on

Anomalous masses
We need first to define reference surface

Geoid
What is geoid?
It is equipotential surface where the g is
always constant. The equipotential
surface is usually taken as the sea level.
However, due to some heterogeneity in
the earth Geoid may differ slightly from
Sea level.
Reduction
Reduction is carried out to correct for:
•Latitude
•Elevation
•Excess mass
•Terrain
•Drift
•Isostacy
•Earth’s rotation
Latitude Corrction
The earth is flattened,
i.e the radius at the
equator is longer than
at the poles.

gn = 978031.85 (1.0 + 0.005278895 sin2(lat) + 0.000023462 sin4(lat)) (mGal)


Elevation Correction

+h
geoid

-h
gfa = gobs - gn+ 0.3086h (mGal)
Bouguer Correction

+m
-m
gb = gobs - gn + 0.3086h - 0.04193r h (mGal)

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