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Definitions
(geology) a general equilibrium of the forces tending to elevate or depress the earth's crust
Word origin
From iso- + Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis, “a standing”).
Used in a sentence
“The process of vertical movement, known as isostasy, was a foundation of geological belief for generations, though no-one had any really good theories as to how or why it happened.”
“A great thickness of comparatively light sedimentary rocks accumulating in a geosyncline would ultimately ‘rebound’ because of isostasy – like a depressed rubber duck bouncing back upwards in a bath.”
“When a continent carries an ice sheet, the weight of that sheet distorts the equilibrium, the isostasy that causes the crust to float as it does.”
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