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Aug 1980
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980jgr....85.4363w&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 85, Aug. 10, 1980, p. 4363-4373.
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Gravimetry, Gravitational Effects, Gravitational Fields, Gravity Anomalies, Seismology, California, Earth Movements, Earthquakes, Geodesy, Ground Water, Rain, Tectonics, Time Dependence
Scientific paper
The Southern California gravity survey, begun in May 1974 to obtain high spatial and temporal density gravity measurements to be coordinated with long-baseline three dimensional geodetic measurements of the Astronomical Radio Interferometric Earth Surveying project, is presented. Gravity data was obtained from 28 stations located in and near the seismically active San Gabriel section of the Southern California Transverse Ranges and adjoining San Andreas Fault at intervals of one to two months using gravity meters relative to a base station standard meter. A single-reading standard deviation of 11 microGal is obtained which leads to a relative deviation of 16 microGal between stations, with data averaging reducing the standard error to 2 to 3 microGal. The largest gravity variations observed are found to correlate with nearby well water variations and smoothed rainfall levels, indicating the importance of ground water variations to gravity measurements. The largest earthquake to occur during the survey, which extended to April, 1979, is found to be accompanied in the station closest to the earthquake by the largest measured gravity changes that cannot be related to factors other than tectonic distortion.
Franzen W. O.
Given Jeffrey W.
Pechmann J. C.
Ruff Larry J.
Whitcomb J. H.
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