With the recognition that surface measurements of gravity cannot be extrapolated backwards into the Earth's interior, the concept of the geoid became unfashionable. But its fortunes may be on the turn.
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Maddox, J. Making the geoid respectable again. Nature 332, 301 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1038/332301a0
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