@article{eage:/content/journals/10.1111/j.1365-2478.1971.tb00594.x, author = "BOTEZATU, R. and VISARION, M. and SCURTU, F. and CUCU, G.", title = "APPROXIMATION OF THE GRAVITATIONAL ATTRACTION OF GEOLOGICAL BODIES*", journal= "Geophysical Prospecting", year = "1971", volume = "19", number = "2", pages = "218-227", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2478.1971.tb00594.x", url = "https://www.earthdoc.org/content/journals/10.1111/j.1365-2478.1971.tb00594.x", publisher = "European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers", issn = "1365-2478", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Abstract The gravitational attraction produced by a geological body of irregular shape can be easily determined by dividing it into cubes of small size. The exact expression of the effect of a cube is very complicated, but it can be calculated by using an electronic computer. 4851 values of the gravitational attraction were determined for different positions of a cube with the side of 2l and the center in M(x0, y0, z0), for x0∈[0;20], y0∈[0;20] and z0∈[0;10]. Using these values, templates in double logarithmic representation were drawn, with x0 and z0 as parameters and y0 as abscissa, and with x0 and y0 as parameters and z0 in abscissa; this double set of templates permits a good interpolation for all cubes in the considered domain of M. The use of templates was tested to approximate the effect produced by a theoretical model of spherical shape and in a real case of a three‐dimensional salt body of known shape based on a large number of boreholes. In both cases very good results were obtained.", }