Theory of the Earth's Shape

✍ Scribed by V.C. DRAGOMIR, D.N. GHITĂU, M.S. MIHĂILESCU and M.G. ROTARU (Eds.)

• Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd
• Year: 1982
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 678
• Series: Developments in Solid Earth Geophysics 13
• Edition: 0
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Further Titles in This Series
Page 2

Front Matter
Page 3

Copyright page
Page 4

Preface
Pages 5-6
Sabba Stefânescu

1 - Origin, Structure and Form of the Earth
Pages 19-22,22a,23-25

2 - Elements of Potential Theory
Pages 26-62

3 - Reference Surfaces. Coordinate Systems
Pages 63-98

4 - The Perturbing Potential
Pages 99-109

5 - The Determination of the Geoid by Gravity Methods
Pages 110-137

6 - Determination of the Geoid by Astro-Gravimetric Methods
Pages 138-151

7 - Determination of the Earth's Physical Surface
Pages 152-171

Introduction to Ellipsoidal Geodesy
Pages 173,175-176

8 - The Rotation Ellipsoid as Reference Surface in Geodesy
Pages 176-182

9 - Curves on the Surface of the Reference Ellipsoid
Pages 183-211

10 - The Reduction of the Geodetic Observations on the Reference Ellipsoid's Surface
Pages 212-223

11 - Solving the Geodetic Triangles on the Reference Ellipsoid
Pages 224-232

12 - Calculation of the Geodetic Coordinates on the Reference Ellipsoid
Pages 233-263

The Notion of Performing Astro-Geodetic Triangulation
Pages 267-285

14 - Measurements in Astro-Geodetic Triangulation
Pages 286-338

15 - Adjustment of the Astro-Geodetic Triangulation
Pages 339-376

16 - The 1st-Order Astro-Geodetic Triangulation Network of the Socialist Republic of Romania
Pages 377-386

Introduction to Three-Dimensional Geodesy
Pages 387-388

17 - Basic Equations of Three-Dimensional Geodesy
Pages 389-421

18 - Elementary Calculations in Three-Dimensional Geodesy
Pages 422-437

19 - Basic Methods for Developing the Geodetic Networks by Means of the Earth's Artificial Satellites
Pages 438-468

20 - Triangulation Calculations Using Artificial Satellites
Pages 469-482

21 - Some Examples of Spatial Triangulation Operations
Pages 483-493

22 - General Survey of Other Geometrical Methods of Spatial Geodesy by means of Artificial Satellites
Pages 494-501

Introduction to Methods for Determining the Terrestrial Ellipsoid and the Geoid
Pages 503-504

23 - The Determination of the Reference Ellipsoid by Using Astro-Geodetic Methods
Pages 505-517

24 - The Determination of the Earth's Form from Astro-Geodetic and Gravity Measurements
Pages 518-530

25 - Dynamic Geodesy
Pages 531-576

26 - The Geodetic Reference Systems
Pages 577-583

Introduction to Determination of the Recent Movements of the Earth's Crust
Pages 585-587

27 - Geodetic Methods for Determining the Recent Movements of the Earth's Crust
Pages 589-596,596a,597-615

28 - Processing the Geodetic Observations Carried out for Determining the Recent Crustal Movements
Pages 616-640

29 - Examples of Determinations of Recent Movements of the Earth's Crust
Pages 641-642,642a,642b,643-658

Future Prospects in the Light of Present Geodetic Achievements
Pages 659-667

References
Pages 668-686

Abbreviations
Pages 687-688

Index
Pages 689-694