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The paper is concerned with the problems of topographic reduction in gravity prospecting. Particular emphasis is placed on topographic conditions frequently encountered in mountainous areas such as in the Alps. New master curves are developed for several cases in which steep walls followed by inclined planes are located near the gravity sites. The computation methods are outlined and the precision as well as the rapidity are tested for various cases.
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Contribution No. 301. Institute of Geophysics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Klingele, E. A new method for near-topographic correction in gravity surveys. PAGEOPH 119, 373–379 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00877772
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00877772