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Gravimetrically determined stations in the province of Kordofan, western Sudan, are interpreted. Boreholes and surface geology are employed, and a Gier Algol print-plot programme has been used. The interpretation shows that the granite mass increases in average thickness from 2000 m in the west to about 20000 m in the east. A dyke-like pattern of gneisses and schists is observed.
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The paper is forwarded by ProfessorSvend Saxov, Laboratory of Applied geophysics, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark.
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Mitwalli, M.A. Interpretation of some gravity profiles from estern Sudan. PAGEOPH 80, 184–192 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00880206
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