The Relationship Between Marine Gravity and Bathymetry.

Abstract

The theoretical basis is outlined for a quantitative relationship between two-dimensional bathymetry and free air gravity in stable ocean basins. The relationship, designed 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. The relationship is tested against bathymetric and gravity data in the central Pacific. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 02, 1980
Accession Number
ADA092706

Entities

People

  • Sean C. Solomon

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Convolution Integrals
  • Geophysics
  • Gravity Anomalies
  • Long Wavelengths
  • Ocean Basins
  • Oceans
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Ridges
  • Sea Level
  • Seabed
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Three Dimensional
  • Topography
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Oceanography.