Open AccessThe inverse Vening Meinesz problem in isostasy
Author(s) -
Moritz H.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
geophysical journal international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0956-540X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1990.tb04591.x
Subject(s) - isostasy , bouguer anomaly , geodesy , discontinuity (linguistics) , geology , inverse , crust , gravity anomaly , inverse problem , geophysics , mathematical analysis , seismology , mathematics , geometry , tectonics , lithosphere , paleontology , oil field
SUMMARY Assuming an Airy‐Vening Meinesz type of isostatic compensation with constant density contrast between crust and mantle and postulating zero isostatic anomaly, it is possible to calculate the depth of the Mohorovičić discontinuity from Bouguer gravity anomalies. The author gives an explicit solution of this uniquely solvable gravimetric inverse problem by means of integral formulae.