- The term
isostatic may
refer to:
Isostatic depression in
geodynamics Isostatic powder compaction in
metallurgy and
ceramic engineering Isostatic press in...
- Hot
isostatic pressing (HIP) is a
manufacturing process, used to
reduce the
porosity of
metals and
increase the
density of many
ceramic materials. This...
- glaciation.
Isostatic depression and
isostatic rebound occur at
rates of
centimeters per year.
Greenland is an
example of an
isostatically depressed region...
-
which had
caused isostatic depression. Post-glacial
rebound and
isostatic depression are
phases of
glacial isostasy (glacial
isostatic adjustment, glacioisostasy)...
-
Isostasy (Gr**** ísos 'equal', stásis 'standstill') or
isostatic equilibrium is the
state of
gravitational equilibrium between Earth's
crust (or lithosphere)...
-
ocean bottom topography. The
ridge and its
flanks appear to be
fully isostatically compensated.
There is a
large Bouger positive, of over 350 mgal, beyond...
- the
crust to
isostatically rebound about 85
meters and will
cause only a 15-meter loss of mean
surface elevation. An
example of
isostatic uplift is post-glacial...
-
Isostatic pressure by a
glacier on the Earth's crust...
-
dedicated furnace, but can also be done in
tandem with
compression (hot
isostatic compression), or with the use of
electric currents.
Since the
advent of...
- Earth's surface,
effectively increasing relief through the
mechanisms of
isostatic uplift,
crustal thickening, and
deformation in the form of
faulting and...
