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SOME EXAMPLES OF THE APPLICATION OF ISOSTASY *
Author(s) -
BRUYN J. W.
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
geophysical prospecting
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.735
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1365-2478
pISSN - 0016-8025
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2478.1961.tb01686.x
Subject(s) - isostasy , bouguer anomaly , geology , geodesy , post glacial rebound , computation , geomorphology , seismology , gravity anomaly , computer science , algorithm , lithosphere , tectonics , paleontology , glacial period , oil field
A bstract It is pointed out that the isostatic correction of regional Bouguer isogam maps is necessary for their interpretation. The work involved in the computation of the necessary isostatic reductions is greatly reduced when isostatic iso‐correction line maps are made.