Last updated
December 31, 1979
Terms of use
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Description

Isostatic anomalies can be deduced using the Pratt or Airy hypothesis. These anomalies correspond to the static flotation of the Earth’s crust in the upper mantle. The deviation takes into consideration the root structure below the crust (mountain ranges), but the form of the root structure is not always clearly defined. The Airy-Heiskanen hypothesis and the following densities were used for the purposes of the map: Earth's mantle = 3.31 g/cm3, Earth's crust below the ellipsoid = 2.81 g/cm3, Earth's crust above the ellipsoid = 2.67 g/cm3. By E. Klingelé, 1979.

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Additional information

Identifier
7234896a-842c-4524-8710-5d900953cb1d@bundesamt-fur-landestopografie-swisstopo
Issued date
December 31, 1979
Modified date
-
Publisher
Bundesamt für Landestopografie swisstopo
Contact points
milan.beres@swisstopo.ch
Languages
  • English
  • German
  • French
  • Italian
Further information
Landing page
http://www.sgpk.ethz.ch/opencms/opencms/publications/pub_geoph_maps/
Documentation
Temporal coverage
-
Spatial coverage
Landeskarte 1:500'000
Update interval
Irregular
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