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The Model Earth reduction is less laborious than the current isostatic reductions and can lead to more accurate results. It has general application also as well as for the Stokes problem and the Earth's External Potential.
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de Graaff-Hunter, J. Reduction of gravity by isostatic methods and by model earth methods contrasted. Bull. Geodesique 63, 49–51 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02528173
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02528173