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    Gravimetry is the measurement of the strength of a gravitational field. Gravimetry may be used when either the magnitude of a gravitational field or the...
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    gravity, wherein an accelerometer is specifically configured for use in gravimetry, are called gravimeters. Accelerometers are also increasingly used in...
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  • between about 340 kilometres (210 mi) and 450 kilometres (280 mi). The gravimetry mission GRACE-FO orbits at about 500 km (310 mi) as did its predecessor...
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    Gal (unit) (category Gravimetry)
    Galileo Galilei, is a unit of acceleration typically used in precision gravimetry. The gal is defined as 1 centimeter per second squared (1 cm/s2). The...
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  • industrial revolution; geophysicist Victoria Lagenheim of the USGS, and gravimetry (gravity mapping); physicist Gabriel Luther; astrophysicist Robert Kirshner...
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    The Iceland hotspot is a hotspot which is partly responsible for the high volcanic activity which has formed the Iceland Plateau and the island of Iceland...
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    hexachloroplatinic acid has been used in the determination of potassium ions by gravimetry. When hexachloroplatinic acid is heated, it decomposes through platinum(IV)...
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    Other quantitative methods include gravimetry, optical atomic spectroscopy, and neutron activation analysis. Gravimetry is where the sample is dissolved...
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    record holder in 1916 at 260,000 bbl. Geophysical studies, in particular gravimetry, starting in 1920 led to the discovery of the Poza Rica Field in 1932...
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  • Gravitational acceleration (category Gravimetry)
    of the bodies; the measurement and analysis of these rates is known as gravimetry. At a fixed point on the surface, the magnitude of Earth's gravity results...
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