Accession Number:

ADA063256

Title:

The Relationship between Marine Gravity and Bathymetry. Part I. Theory.

Descriptive Note:

Rept. for 1 Nov 76-31 Oct 77,

Corporate Author:

MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE DEPT OF EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES

Personal Author(s):

• Solomon,Sean C.

Report Date:

1978-09-27

Pagination or Media Count:

20.0

Abstract:

The theoretical basis is outlined for a quantitative relationship between two-dimensional bathymetry and free air gravity in stable ocean basins. The relationship, suitable for use as an algorithm to predict gravity in areas where only bathymetry is known, is based on flexure theory for thin elastic plates and on the expected evolution with seafloor age of the isostatic response of oceanic lithosphere. Author

Descriptors:

• *BATHYMETRY
• *GRAVITY
• *OCEAN BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY
• ALGORITHMS
• STABILITY
• THEORY
• MATHEMATICAL PREDICTION
• PLATES
• GEOLOGIC AGE DETERMINATION
• OCEANIC CRUST
• OCEAN RIDGES
• TECTONICS
• MARINE GEOPHYSICS
• GRAVITY ANOMALIES
• LITHOSPHERE
• ISOSTATIC CHANGE

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
• Geodesy

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE