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 Gravimeter Applications & Workshops
Workshops
Micro-LaCoste is please to announce the 3rd Absolute Gravimeter Workshop to be held
from 22-26 September, 2008 at the Micro-g LaCoste facility in
Lafayette, Colorado
Geophysical Research
- Detection of vertical crustal motion
- Complementary verification of displacements measured with GPS and VLBI
- Determination of the geoid
- Volcanic magma flow monitoring (i.e. Mammoth Lakes)
- Postglacial rebound studies
- Uplift of subduction studies
- Earthquake research
- Long period tidal monitoring and modeling of earth anelasticity
Environmental Monitoring
- Water table monitoring in deep and/or multiple aquifers
- Nuclear waste management and cleanup
- Global sea level studies for global warming
Exploration and Resource Management
- Oil exploration
- Mineral exploration
Precision Measurements and Calibrations
- Pressure transducer and load cell calibration
- Redefintiton of the kilogram in the SI system of units
- Big G determinations and the equivalence principle
- Calibration of superconducting of other high precision relative gravity mete
rs
Inertial Navigation
- Gravity reference station determinations
- Relative gravity network control points
- Establishing geodetic tie points for gravity networks
- Defining the geoid
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