Gravity Base Stations in Antarctica

• Published in: Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society
• Main Authors: Behrendt, J. C., Wold, R. J., Laudon, T. S.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1962
• Subjects: Articles; Antarctic; Austral; West Antarctica; McMurdo Sound; New Zealand; South Pole; Byrd; Scott Base; Hallett; Christchurch; Antarc*; Antarctica; South pole
• Online Access: http://gji.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/6/3/400; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1962.tb00362.x

Gravity base stations established in Antarctica during the austral summer of 1960–61 are presented and compared with previous results by various observers. The use of two geodetic gravity meters, viz . a LaCoste-Romberg and a Worden has increased the accuracy and resolved several discrepancies. Ties...