Recent Geodetic and Gravimetric Research in Latin America: Symposium No. 111, Vienna, Austria, August 13, 1991

ISBN-13: 9783540561217 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 215 str.

Wolfgang Torge; Alvaro Gonzalez Fletcher; James G. Tanner

Opis

This volume contains a series of lectures which provide an overview of geodetic research in Latin America, divided into the following sections: geodetic and gravimetric control; regional gravity and geoid determination; and geodynamic research projects.

Spis treści

and Program.- Geodetic and Gravimetric Control in Latin America.- Inter-American geodetic integration.- A first realization of a GPS reference frame in Brazil.- A first attempt for a GPS network in Brazil, not included.- GPS South American net project for southern cone.- Use of GPS in the south of Brazil under severe ionospheric conditions.- Datum transformations for GPS applications in South America.- Satellite imagery and positioning systems for accurate mapping in unmapped areas of the Amazon.- Regional Gravity and Geoid Determination.- New first order gravity stations in Chile: implications.- Gravity chart of Mexico, not included.- A contribution to the geoid determination.- The possibilities for a detailed gravimetric geoid in Uruguay, not included.- The South American Gravity Project.- Geodynamic Research Projects.- Tidal gravity measurements in Latin-America.- Plate motions and active crustal deformation in the North Andean region measured with the Global Positioning System.- The Project CORBAS — determination of recent crustal movements in Costa Rica.- Recent dynamic activity of the Bransfield rift: potential zone of high natural hazard in Antarctica.- Gravity variations in Central Chile.- Monitoring of gravity variations in the southern Central Andes.- Crustal dynamic investigations in the Central Andes using GPS.- Geodynamic research by absolute and relative gravimetry in Venezuela.- Author Index.

O autorze

The book gives a comprehensive overview over recent advances of geodetic research in Latin America.