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Isostasy (Gr**** ísos 'equal', stásis 'standstill') or
isostatic equilibrium is the
state of
gravitational equilibrium between Earth's
crust (or lithosphere)...
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Lithospheric flexure (also
called regional isostasy) is the
process by
which the
lithosphere (rigid, thin
outer layer of the Earth)
bends under the action...
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subsidence of Earth's
surface (
Isostasy) Thermal-
isostasy (temperature/density
changes in Earth's interior)
Local effect Glacio-
isostasy (loading or unloading...
- depression. Post-glacial
rebound and
isostatic depression are
phases of
glacial isostasy (glacial
isostatic adjustment, glacioisostasy), the
deformation of the...
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greater buoyancy of the thicker, less
dense continental crust (an
example of
isostasy). As a result, the
continents form high
ground surrounded by deep ocean...
- rift
between blocks using the
rheology of the
layers and the
forces of
isostasy.
Early bent
plate models predicting fractures and
fault movements have...
- sea level. But, as the ice melts, the land
beneath will
rebound through isostasy and
ultimately rise
above sea level.[citation needed] The
largest and highest...
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interpretation Environment Protection Agency Sea
level rise
reports Properties of
isostasy and
eustasy Measuring Sea
Level from
Space Rising Tide Video:
Scripps Institution...
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elevations or orography) to
fixed landforms. However,
given plate tectonics and
isostasy,
there is no
system in
which all
geographic features are fixed. Yet the...
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continental drift/ Airy-Heiskanen
isostasy hypothesis had many
flaws and
scarce data. The fixist/ Pratt-Hayford
isostasy, the
contracting Earth and the expanding...