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Aysel Seren

Calculation and inversion of two-dimensional gravity in the vicinity of Lake Tuz, Turkey

Abstract An example of gravity inversion and interpretation is presented which demonstrates how a priori information can be used to derive reliable, though complex models. In this case, the geometry of the studied model profile has been constructed on the basis of seismic and geological data. The densities used in the forward calculations were obtained from laboratory measurements of drill cores, from density-velocity relationships, and from Nettleton’s method of fitting gravity and topography. In the seismic section 21 ‘formations’ are distinguished leading to a very complex gravity model. What is called ‘formations’ here, are two-dimensional bodies which are distinguished from each other …

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Eastern Pontides and Black Sea: gravity inversion, crustal structure, isostasy and geodynamics

Abstract Lacking detailed seismic data on the crustal structure of Anatolia and the transition to the Black Sea, it is attempted to invert gravity for crust-mantle structure with constraints from the limited a priori information available, as average continental and oceanic crust, local topography, an isostatic model, published marine seismic data and a tentative “fix point” from recent seismological receiver functions near the Black Sea coast. An initial 2D-model for a north–south profile along about 40°E longitude is constructed and adjusted to fit the Bouguer anomaly taken from a published Turkish map and results from satellite radar altimetry. Isostasy, seismic data and gravity inversio…

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