A new method to determine the start depth in gravity anomaly inversion

The start depth in gravity anomaly inversion is discussed in this paper, and a new method called “test comparing method” is presented to determine the start depth when both boring data and seismic data are not available. Anticline and syncline density interface models are designed to test the method; the calculated result agreed well with the designed value, which proved that the new method can be used to determine the start depth in the gravity anomaly inversion when boring data and seismic data are not available. Contribution No. 3370 from the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Project 49625609 supported by NSFC, and Young Scientist Lab. of Submarine Hydrothermal Activity Research.