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Residual Gravity Field

The shorter wavelength component of the attributed to density Bouguer gravity field contrasts within high density basement and/or the lower density overburden. Anomalies in the residual field are usually of exploration interest.

A first residual is a difference field obtained by subtracting the regional gravity field from the Bouguer gravity field.

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