AN ISOSTATIC STUDY OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GREENLAND BASED ON GRAVITY VALUES AND AIRBORNE RADAR ICE-THICKNESS MEASUREMENTS,

Abstract

The report presents an investigation of glacio-isostatic conditions in northern and central Greenland, using free-air and Bouguer gravity anomalies. For the north, ice-thickness profiles are calculated from 30-MHz airborne radar propagation data and later combined with British North Greenland Expedition (BNGE) gravity yielding approximate Bouguer anomalies. Gravity and seismic ice-thickness results from the Expedition Glaciologique Internationale au Groenland (EGIG) are used in the Bouguer anomaly calculations for central Greenland. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0685237

Entities

People

  • Edmund F. Pawlowicz

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airborne
  • Bouguer Gravity Anomalies
  • Gravity
  • Gravity Anomalies
  • Greenland
  • Measurement
  • Thickness

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Seismology
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.