Translations:Dictionary:Bouguer anomaly/3/en
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2. Sometimes, a departure from smoothness in the contours on a map showing Bouguer values (i.e., a residual in Bouguer anomaly values). Named for Pierre Bouguer (1698–1758), French mathematician who tried to determine the figure of the Earth. See Chapin (1996) and Figure G-7.