Gravity Bases Established by Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) over Parts of Northern Kerala

M. Radha Krishna; P. John Kurian; C. G. Nambiar; S. Krishna Mohan

Vol 51, No 3 (1998)
Pages: 393-398
Published: 1998-03-01

Gravity Bases Established by Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) over Parts of Northern Kerala

M. Radha Krishna ¹, P. John Kurian ¹, C. G. Nambiar ¹, S. Krishna Mohan ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin - 682 016, India
2 Department of Geophysics, Osmania University, Hyderabad - 500 007, India

A network of 30 gravity base stations have been established. The dynamic drift curves show an average drift rate of less than 0.006 mgal/min. The observed gravity values have repeatability of 0.08 mgal, and can be used for regional gravity surveys.