Bouguer Gravity & Elevation: Connecticut

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Jen Piatek
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2021-03-12
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A first attempt to directly overly Bouguer gravity anomaly data on the topography of Connecticut. I'm not entirely convinced I got these lined up correctly, but they should be close. Green in the gravity data indicates a low/negative anomaly, while red indicates a positive anomaly. If we assume these are solely due to thickness variations of the underlying crust, this suggests there's a significant thinning of the crust on the western side of the central Hartford Basin( crustal rocks having a lower density than mantle rocks, so low anomalies should indicate thicker crust).