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ANALYSIS OF THE GRAVITY EFFECT OF TWO‐DIMENSIONAL TRAPEZOIDAL PRISMS USING FOURIER TRANSFORM *
Author(s) -
BHIMASANKARAM V. L. S.,
MOHAN N. L.,
RAO S. V. SESHAGIRI
Publication year - 1977
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.1365-2478.1977.tb01173.x
Subject(s) - fourier transform , prism , discrete fourier transform (general) , geology , yield (engineering) , fourier analysis , geometry , fast fourier transform , geodesy , optics , mineralogy , mathematical analysis , mathematics , physics , short time fourier transform , algorithm , thermodynamics
A bstract The gravity effect of an infinite horizontal trapezoidal prism is derived and its Fourier spectrum is analyzed so as to yield information about four parameters of the causative structure, namely the depths to the upper and lower surfaces, width of the upper surface, and the inclination of the sides. In order to test the applicability of the method, synthetic data are constructed by digitizing the theoretical gravity effect. Subsequently, the corresponding Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) is obtained. The parameters evaluated from the DFT are observed to be sufficiently close to the chosen values.