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3-D Gravity Terrain Inversion for High Resolution Gravity Survey  

Park, Gye-Soon (Department of Earth Science Education, Seoul National University)
Lee, Heui-Soon (Department of Science Education, Gyeongin National University of Education)
Kwon, Byung-Doo (Department of Earth Science Education, Seoul National University)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.26, no.7, 2005 , pp. 691-697 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, the development of accurate gravity-meter and GPS make it possible to obtain high resolution gravity data. Though gravity data interpretation like modeling and inversion has significantly improved, gravity data processing itself has improved very little. Conventional gravity data processing removes gravity effects due to mass and height difference between base and measurement level. But, it would be a biased density model when some or whole part of anomalous bodies exist above the base level. We attempted to make a multiquadric surface of the survey area from topography with DEM (Digital Elevation Map) data. Then we constituted rectangular blocks which reflect real topography of the survey area by the multiquadric surface. Thus, we were able to carry out 3-D inversions which include information of topography. We named this technique, 3-D Gravity Terrain Inversion (3DGTI). The model test showed that the inversion model from 3DGTI made better results than conventional methods. Furthermore, the 3-dimensional model from the 3DGTI method could maintain topography and as a result, it showed more realistic geologic model. This method was also applied on real field data in Masan-Changwon area. Granitic intrusion is an important geologic characteristic in this area. This method showed more critical geological boundaries than other conventional methods. Therefore, we concluded that in the case of various rocks and rugged terrain, this new method will make better model than convention ones.
Keywords
gravity data processing; Multiquadric surface; 3-D Gravity Terrain Inversion (GTI);
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