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    A gradiometer measures the gradient (numerical rate of change) of a physical quantity, such as a magnetic field or gravity. There are at least two types...
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    gradiometer was famously exposed in the film The Hunt for Red October released in 1990. There are two types of Lockheed Martin gravity gradiometers currently...
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    submerged objects. Fluxgate gradiometers are popular due to their compact configuration and relatively low cost. Gradiometers enhance shallow features and...
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  • billion dollar black project, the development of a full-tensor gravity gradiometer by Bell Aerospace was a classified technology at the time. It was thought...
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  • spacecraft's primary instrumentation was a highly sensitive gravity gradiometer consisting of three pairs of accelerometers which measured gravitational...
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    between the sensors). In most archaeological applications the latter (gradiometer) configuration is preferred because it provides better resolution of...
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    Surveying in Archaeology. More than 10 years of using the Overhauser GSM-19 gradiometer". Wormianum. David Hurst Thomas – Archaeology, 3rd. ed. (1998) Robert...
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    tilt sensor, tilt meter, slope alert, slope gauge, gradient meter, gradiometer, level gauge, level meter, declinometer, and pitch & roll indicator....
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    between the sensors). In most archaeological applications the latter (gradiometer) configuration is preferred because it provides better resolution of...
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    satellite borne gravimeters GOCE, GRACE, mostly operated in gravity gradiometer mode. They yielded detailed information about the Earth's time-varying...
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  • cruciform gravity gradiometer or 'Forward Mass Detector', for Lunar Mascon (mass concentration) measurements. The gravity gradiometer is described in the...
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    Kalahari Desert. A Zeppelin NT, equipped with a Bell Geospace gravity gradiometer, was used to find potential diamond mines by scanning the local geography...
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  • interferometers include accelerometers, rotation sensors, and gravity gradiometers. Interferometry splits a wave into a superposition along two different...
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    and then flown to Gaborone where a Lockheed Martin full tensor gravity gradiometer was installed. This instrument, owned and operated by Bell Geospace,...
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    ISBN 978-3-11-080023-4. Affleck, C.A.; Jircitano, A. (1990). Passive gravity gradiometer navigation system. IEEE. p. 60–66. doi:10.1109/PLANS.1990.66158. Retrieved...
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    metal detectors can easily miss or record misleading data. A fluxgate gradiometer records anomalies in the Earth’s magnetic field across a specific area...
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    cores and downed cored holes to understand features identified by the gradiometer surveys as well as the construction of the ridges and plaza. The Louisiana...
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    Bick; D. Tilbrook & C. Foley (2004). "GETMAG—A SQUID magnetic tensor gradiometer for mineral and oil exploration". Exploration Geophysics. 35 (4): 297–305...
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    and structural stability.      Example: Seasat, TerraSAR-X A gravity gradiometer can independently determine the components of the gravity vector on a...
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  • gravitational data is measured with the help of gravitational wave sensor or gradiometer by placing it in different locations at different instances of time....
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    throughout the world. Many countries are conducting complete aeromagnetic gradiometer radiometric surveys to get an estimate the size of their undiscovered...
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    materials had been removed, and no firm dating evidence was found. A gradiometer geophysical survey of 2005, 75m to the west of the fort, plotted the...
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    survey was conducted which covered 46% of the interior using a fluxgate gradiometer. The results of this survey were, again, inconclusive, although no evidence...
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    Earth as part of the sample-return portion of the mission. The Gravity GradioMeter (GGM), Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscope (LIBS), Mission Survival...
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    used in most ground surveys except for boreholes and high-resolution gradiometer surveys.: 163–165 : 77–78  Optically pumped magnetometers, which use...
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    Smekalova T. N., Voss O., Smekalov S. L. "Magnetic Surveying in Archaeology: More than 10 years of using the Overhauser GSM-19 gradiometer", Wormianum, 2008....
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    entrance to the interior of the fort. Research using earth resistance and gradiometer surveys has produced good data, but interpretation is difficult because...
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  • ground level GR – gamma ray GR – gauge ring (measure hole size) GRAD – gradiometer log GRE – ground elevation GRLOG – grapholog[check spelling] GRN – gamma...
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    Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire Vol. 64. Masters, P (2004). "Fluxgate Gradiometer and Resistivity Surveys: King John's Palace, Clipstone, Nottinghamshire"...
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  • site (14MP301) is an historic site in Lindsborg, Kansas. A magnetic gradiometer survey of the site has been conducted. The site was occupied from circa...
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