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dc.contributor.authorFeatherstone, Will
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dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T14:56:50Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T14:56:50Z
dc.date.created2010-10-04T20:02:49Z
dc.date.issued1997
dc.identifier.citationFeatherstone, Will. 1997. On the Use of the Geoid in Geophysics: A Case Study over the North-west Shelf of Australia. Exploration Geophysics 28 (1): pp. 52-57.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42011
dc.identifier.doi10.1071/EG997052
dc.description.abstract

The geoid is the fundamental surface that defines the figure of the Earth. It is approximated by mean sea-level and undulates due to spatial variations in the Earth's gravity field. The use of the geoid in regional geophysics is illustrated for the North-West Shelf of Australia by removing long-wavelength geoid features, due predominantly to deep-Earth mass anomalies, in order to reveal near-surface structure. After this process, the residual geoid anomalies correlate well with known geological structures. Therefore, the geoid can provide information, complementary to other geophysical data, of the Earth's internal structure.

dc.publisherCSIRO Publishing
dc.subjecttectonic elements
dc.subjectspectral analysis
dc.subjectgeodesy
dc.subjectgeoid
dc.titleOn the Use of the Geoid in Geophysics: A Case Study over the North-west Shelf of Australia
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume28
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage52
dcterms.source.endPage57
dcterms.source.issn08123985
dcterms.source.titleExploration Geophysics
curtin.departmentDepartment of Spatial Sciences
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyDepartment of Exploration Geophysics
curtin.facultyFaculty of Science and Engineering
curtin.facultyWA School of Mines


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