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Isostasy

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Noun

1. isostasy

(geology) a general equilibrium of the forces tending to elevate or depress the earth's crust

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Isostasy

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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 below. If a section of lithosphere is loaded, as by ice, it will slowly subside to a new equilibrium position; if a section of lithosphere is reduced in mass, as by erosion, it will slowly rise to a new equilibrium position

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Isostasy

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noun
1. 
a condition in which there is equal pressure on every side
2.  Geology
approximate equilibrium in large, equal areas of the earth's crust, preserved by the action of gravity upon the different substances in the crust in proportion to their densities

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Isostasy

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n.
Equilibrium in the earth's crust such that the forces tending to elevate landmasses balance the forces tending to depress landmasses.

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