Observaciones gravimétricas absolutas en la Patagonia austral
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gravimetría absoluta, ajuste glacioisostático, Campos de Hielo PatagónicosResumen
El artículo presenta el proyecto GravPatagonia, un proyecto de investigación llevado a cabo en cooperación entre geodestas argentinos y alemanes. Aspira a la determinación de tasas de cambio de gravedad en la Patagonia austral en calidad de un observable geodésico independiente de la respuesta de la Tierra sólida a cambios de masa de los Campos de Hielo Patagónicos. Para este fin se efectúan observaciones con un gravímetro absoluto FG5 y se complementan con mediciones geodésicas auxiliares. El presente trabajo se concentra en la motivación geodinámica del proyecto, en los métodos y procedimientos aplicados en las mediciones, así como en la documentación de los trabajos y el esfuerzo logístico realizados en dos campañas gravimétricas en 2020 y 2022. Como las observaciones aún no han finalizado, este artículo no pretende presentar resultados concluyentes.
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Derechos de autor 2026 Andreas Richter, Mirko Scheinert, Axel Rülke, Alfredo Pasquare, Alexander Lothhammer, Thorben Döhne, Eric Rodolfo Marderwald, Abelardo Romero, André Gebauer, Hartmut Wziontek, Reinhard Falk, Gerardo Connon, Mauricio Gende, Diego Piñon, Sergio Cimbaro, Erik Brachmann, Benjamin Göbel, Luciano Pedro Oscar Mendoza, Lutz Eberlein, Steffen Welsch, Romina de los Ángeles Galván
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