Gravity gradient tensors derived from radial component of gravity vector using Taylor series expansion
- 10 August 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Geophysical Journal International
- Vol. 228 (1), 412-431
- https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggab318
Abstract
Gravity gradient tensors (GGTs) are used to investigate the density of subsurface structures in the Earth's crust, and can reduce ambiguity during data interpretation. However, costs and research area restrictions often prevent their application during surveys, thereby limiting their utility. To address this limitation, a matrix equation based on the Taylor series expansion that uses the gravity vector and its neighbors was formulated to obtain the GGTs. Higher-order derivatives of the gravity vector were utilized to constrain the calculation, which improved the accuracy of the transformation. Synthetic data were used to demonstrate that the proposed approach improved accuracy when the radial component of the gravity vector was transformed into GGTs. This approach was also applied to gravity data from the Otway Basin in Australia. Compared with the measured GGT, the results obtained using the proposed approach had a relative error of 0.46.Funding Information
- Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (2020A1515011074, ZDSYS20190902093007855)
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