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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Gravity gradiometry (redirect from Gravity gradiometer)
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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Magnetometer (redirect from Fluxgate gradiometer)
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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GOCE (redirect from Electrostatic Gravity Gradiometer)
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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Battlefield archaeology (section Fluxgate gradiometer)
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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