Gravity Interpretation

by Jacoby, Wolfgang; Smilde, Peter L.

• ISBN13: 9783540853282
• ISBN10: 3540853286
• Edition: CD
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-02-13
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary

This text on gravity methods in geophysics is intended for students and earth scientists of all kinds e.g., geophysicists, geologists, and geodesists. It is structured in 7 chapters covering the basic problems and tasks: data acquisition and analysis; qualitative and quantitative geological interpretation aspects involving the basic theory of gravitation and its potential; methods of integration to solve "forward problems", and the theory of Bayesian inversion with a priori information offering many means of evaluating the results. The ideas are illustrated and documented by many practical examples on scales, from the search of cavities to global geodynamics. Tasks or problems (with solutions) for students to solve are included, plus a guide to related texts and a subject index.

Author Biography

Wolfgang Jacoby was born in Tallinn, Estonia, and studied Physics in Braunschweig and Geophysics in Kiel, as a student of Karl Jung. He did gravity and seismic research at the Dominion Observatory in Ottawa, Canada (1967-1972) and was Professor of Geophysics in Frankfurt/Main (applied geophysics and geodynamics, 1972-1984) and in Mainz (general and applied geophysics till retirement 2002). Gravity, geodynamics and Iceland are his special interests until now. Peter L. Smilde was born 1961 in Zierikzee, the Netherlands, and studied geodesy in Delft. As a student of Wolfgang Jacoby he made his PhD on gravity inversion in Mainz, Germany. Since 2002, after a side trip in the development of mapping software for the air traffic control business, he is responsible for research and development at Terrasys Geophysics, a geophysical consulting company in Hamburg, Germany.

Table of Contents

Introduction.- Fundamentals of gravity, elements of potential theory.- Observations and field activities.- Gravity anomalies and disturbances; reductions and analyses.- Qualitative Interpretation.- Quantitative Interpretation.- Optimization and Inversion.- Appendix.- Index.