Gravity observations at sea in USS Corsair

Abstract

In 1952, gravity observations at sea were made in USS Corsair (SS 435) with the Vening Meinesz pendulum apparatus at 31 positions from New London, Connecticut, to Nassau, Bahama Islands. The principal facts for these observations, including free‐air and simple Bouguer anomalies, are presented in this paper. Isostatic corrections are being computed by the Mapping and Charting Research Laboratory, Ohio State University, under the direction of W. A. Heiskanen.