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The potential of a homogeneous layer, bounded by equipotential surfaces of the geopotential, defined by a development into a series of spherical harmonics, is derived. Terms of the order of 10−6 are retained.
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01 December 1975
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Burša, M. The potential and gravitation of a homogeneous layer bounded by equipotential surfaces of the geopotential. Stud Geophys Geod 19, 105–114 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01635418
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