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EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS 



The center of the top closing contour of this gravity maximum is about 

 2 miles west of the southeast corner of T. 22 S. R. 18 E. To the north- 

 west the gravity axis follows a course of roughly N. 45° W. parallel to 

 the subsurface strike of the dome. Southeast of the gravity high point, 



Fig. 260. — Gravity survey, Kettleman Hills-Lost Hills Area, California. Contours of observed 

 gravity; contour interval 0.5 mg. {Geophysics, Vol. XI, No. 2, April, 1946, p. 122.) 



however, the direction of the contours and the gravitational axis is roughly 

 S. 20° E. There is a significant flattening of the gravity gradient along 

 the crest in this direction for a distance of approximately 5 miles. 



The second gravity anomaly of importance is the steep maximum nosing 

 which covers the next 4 or 5 miles along the axial trend and southeast of 



