Bouguer anomaly

In geodesy and geophysics, the Bouguer anomaly (named after Pierre Bouguer) is a gravity anomaly, corrected for the height at which it is measured and the attraction of terrain.[1] The height correction alone gives a free-air gravity anomaly.

Bouguer anomaly map of the state of New Jersey (USGS)
  1. ^ Water Resources Division, U. S. Geological Survey (1997). "Introduction to Potential Fields: Gravity" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheets. Fact Sheet. FS–239–95: 19. Bibcode:1997usgs.rept...19W. doi:10.3133/fs23995. Retrieved 30 May 2019.