Forward modeling: Gravity anomalies of two-dimensional bodies of arbitrary shape with hyperbolic and parabolic density functions

Abstract

Computer programs in FORTRAN 77 to compute the gravity anomaly of a two-dimensional (2-D) body of irregular cross section with hyperbolic and parabolic variations in density contrast are developed and presented. The gravity anomaly of San Jacinto Graben, California, using a hyperbolic function and that of Los Angeles Basin, California, using a parabolic function, are computed and compared with respective observed anomalies. © 1994.