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TWO STRUCTURAL MODELS FOR THE WESTERN FLANK OF THE BRABANT MASSIF *
Author(s) -
MEYER F.
Publication year - 1984
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.1365-2478.1984.tb00715.x
Subject(s) - massif , geology , bouguer anomaly , batholith , gravity anomaly , geophysics , flank , crust , seismology , tectonics , density contrast , geodesy , paleontology , oil field , sociology , anthropology , physics , astronomy
A bstract This paper is concerned with an interpretation of the Bouguer anomaly on the Western flank of the Brabant Massif (Belgium). The position, shape, and density contrast of elementary bodies in the upper part of the earth's crust are determined in a purely numerical manner. A batholith‐like body and a basin‐type structure both adequately account for the observed surface field, at least from a one‐sided geophysical and mathematical point of view. Since seismological control is lacking the two models are representative of the ambiguity and indeterminacy of the definitions of the geologic cause of the anomalous features, if the data are restricted to gravity information alone.