Airborne gravity and precise positioning for geologic applications

• Main Authors: Bell, Robin E., Childers, Vicki A., Arko, Robert A., Blankenship, Donald D., Brozena, John M.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Columbia University 1999
• Subjects: Geophysics; Airborne gravimetry; Antarctic; West Antarctica; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Byrd; Siple; Siple Dome; Whitmore Mountains; Byrd Subglacial Basin; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8pz5k9v; https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D8PZ5K9V

Airborne gravimetry has become an important geophysical tool primarily because of advancements in methodology and instrumentation made in the past decade. Airborne gravity is especially useful when measured in conjunction with other geophysical data, such as magnetics, radar, and laser altimetry. Th...