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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)...
- Lake
Bonneville was the
largest Late
Pleistocene paleolake in the
Great Basin of
western North America. It was a
pluvial lake that
formed in
response to...
- depression. Post-glacial
rebound and
isostatic depression are
phases of
glacial isostasy (glacial
isostatic adjustment, glacioisostasy), the
deformation of 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...
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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...
- In geology,
lithospheric flexure (also
called regional isostasy) is the
process by
which the
lithosphere (rigid, thin
outer layer of the Earth)
bends under...
- rift
between blocks using the
rheology of the
layers and the
forces of
isostasy.
Early bent
plate models predicting fractures and
fault movements have...
- the
geodesic anomaly,
which led to the
development of the
theories of
isostasy. The
native surveyors made use of in the Himalayas,
especially in Tibet...
- the
gravity of Earth) and it varies. In general, topography-controlled
isostasy drives the
short wavelength free-air
gravity anomalies. At the same time...
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Originally an island, it is now part of the main
Gotland island due to the
isostasy. It is
mostly known for the good
water from the
spring Lau Käldu. Lau is...
