Archimedes Principle

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Archimedes Principle
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Assuming these masses are compensated at depth,
What would the gravity profile look like?
Make a sketch
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Isostatic calculations
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Local Isostasy- two basic models
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Predicted anomalies with two models
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Regional Isostasy
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Timing for subsidence and rebound
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Evidence for isostatic adjustments
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Geoid- measure of an equipotential surface on the
earth
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True shape of the earth
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Tectonic environments and their gravity signatures
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Gravity anomaly map of the United States