The Relationship between Marine Gravity and Bathymetry. Part I. Theory.

Abstract

The theoretical basis is outlined for a quantitative relationship between two-dimensional bathymetry and free air gravity in stable ocean basins. The relationship, suitable for use as an algorithm to predict gravity in areas where only bathymetry is known, is based on flexure theory for thin elastic plates and on the expected evolution with seafloor age of the isostatic response of oceanic lithosphere. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 27, 1978
Accession Number
ADA063256

Entities

People

  • Sean C. Solomon

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Convolution Integrals
  • Geophysics
  • Gravity
  • Gravity Anomalies
  • Massachusetts
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Ocean Basins
  • Ocean Ridges
  • Oceans
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Planetary Sciences
  • Ridges
  • Seabed
  • Stresses
  • Topography
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Oceanography.