Meaning Of The Word Isostasy
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Isostasy Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Isostasy?
isostasy in American English
a condition in which there is equal pressure on every side noun: the equilibrium of the earth's crust, a condition in which the forces tending to elevate balance those tending to depress isostasy in British English noun: the state of balance, or equilibrium, which sections of the earth's lithosphere (whether continental or oceanic) are thought ultimately to achieve when the vertical forces upon them remain unchanged. The lithosphere floats upon the semifluid asthenosphere |
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