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This sparsity suits gradient-based minimization methods that avoid the explicit formation of the inversion matrices and that solve the system of equations using memory-efficient iterative techniques. We have developed several numerical schemes for the forward modeling of gravity data using the finite-element and finite-volume methods on unstructured grids. In the finite-volume method, a Delaunay tetrahedral grid and its dual Vorono\u00ef grid are used to find the primary solution (i.e., gravitational potential) at the centers and vertices of the tetrahedra, respectively (cell-centered and vertex-centered schemes). In the finite-element method, Delaunay tetrahedral grids are used to develop linear and quadratic finite-element schemes. Different techniques are used to recover the vertical component of gravitational acceleration from the gravitational potential. In the finite-volume scheme, a differencing method is used; in the finite-element method, basis functions are used. The capabilities of the finite-volume and finite-element schemes were tested on simple and realistic synthetic examples. The results showed that the quadratic finite-element scheme is the most accurate but also the most computationally demanding scheme. The best trade-offs between accuracy and computational resource requirement were achieved by the linear finite-element and vertex-centered finite-volume schemes.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1190\/geo2012-0246.1","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,5,14]],"date-time":"2013-05-14T05:17:52Z","timestamp":1368508672000},"page":"G69-G80","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":72,"title":["Forward modeling of gravity data using finite-volume and finite-element methods on unstructured grids"],"prefix":"10.1190","volume":"78","author":[{"given":"Hormoz","family":"Jahandari","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Memorial University of Newfoundland 1 , Department of Earth Sciences, St. John\u2019s, Newfoundland, . 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