Applications of Gravimetry to Earth Sciences

Dear Colleagues,

Gravimetry is generally used as a prospecting method and contributes to the characterization and definition of underground structures at various scales. Time-lapse gravimetry is also a powerful tool in geophysics that, through sensing changes in subsurface mass, can supply unique information on the dynamics of underground processes. Changes in the gravity field can also be related to crustal displacements that can also be measured by GNSS techniques, in order to discriminate between effects due to mass redistributions and those related to changes in the geometry of geophysical systems. Major technology developments have recently occurred in instrumentation and methodology, opening up new perspectives for increasing the capability of gravimetry. This is critically important for the energy industry (not only petroleum and natural gas, but also geothermal), resource management (particularly, with regard to water), and natural hazards (especially volcanoes and earthquakes).

We dedicate this issue to contributions related to geophysical processes that generate spatial and temporal variations in the Earth’s gravity field. Contributions based on gravity observations in hydrology, volcanology, metrology and petroleum geology, but not limited to these, are welcome and strongly encouraged.

• Earth gravity field
• Gravity surveys
• Time-dependent gravity
• Ground-deformation measurements
• GNSS
• Absolute and relative gravimetry
• Instrumentation and methodology
• data processing techniques and models
• Lithosphere modeling
• Geoid

Dr. Filippo Greco
Dr. Federica Riguzzi
Dr. Alessandro Germak
Dr. Alessandra Borghi
Guest Editors

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