These geopotential coefficients may be used to compute geoid height, gravity anomalies, and changes in the distribution of mass on Earth's surface.
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A positive gravity anomaly could have caused isostatic uplift of the ocean under the basin would account for most of the anomaly.
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Many observable quantities of the gravity field, such as gravity anomalies and deflections of the plumbline, can be expressed in this disturbing potential.
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Due to the high density of the deposits some have marked gravity anomalies ( Neves-Corvo, Portugal ) which is of use in exploration.
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When the first satellite passes over a region of slightly stronger gravity, a gravity anomaly, it is pulled slightly ahead of the trailing satellite.
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Isostatic compensation and gravity anomalies result from balance between mass excess of the extra mantle beneath the thinned lithosphere and the overlying low-density crust.
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Anomalies can help to distinguish sedimentary basins whose fill differs in density from that of the surrounding region-see Gravity Anomalies of Britain and Ireland for example.
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Gravity anomalies also accompany major lineaments, notably those associated with the Scottish Caledonides and including Great Glen Fault, Walls Boundary Fault, Highland Boundary Fault and Southern Uplands Fault.
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Measurements of gravitational acceleration and gravitational potential at the Earth's surface and above it can be used to look for mineral deposits ( see gravity anomaly and gravimetry ).
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The "'North Pennine Batholith "', also known as the "'Weardale Granite "'is a Martin Bott's hypothesis that a large negative gravity anomaly under Weardale represented a low-density igneous intrusion.