Isostasy (Greek ísos 'equal', stásis 'standstill') or isostatic equilibrium is the state of gravitational equilibrium between Earth's crust (or lithosphere)... 22 KB (2,874 words) - 16:09, 3 February 2024 |
Lithospheric flexure (redirect from Flexural isostasy) In geology, lithospheric flexure (also called regional isostasy) is the process by which the lithosphere (rigid, thin outer layer of the Earth) bends under... 3 KB (248 words) - 00:55, 18 April 2024 |
rift between blocks using the rheology of the layers and the forces of isostasy. Early bent plate models predicting fractures and fault movements have... 18 KB (1,603 words) - 15:44, 20 March 2024 |
syncline-like depression; a region of tectonic downwarping as a result of isostasy (the Hawaiian Trough is an example) or subduction (such as the Chilean... 6 KB (588 words) - 04:55, 22 October 2023 |
the gravity of Earth) and it varies. In general, topography-controlled isostasy drives the short wavelength free-air gravity anomalies. At the same time... 53 KB (6,204 words) - 23:48, 18 March 2024 |
Lake Bonneville (section Isostasy) 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... 28 KB (3,704 words) - 14:37, 28 March 2024 |
"The formation of Valles Marineris: 3. Trough formation through super-isostasy, stress, sedimentation, and subsidence". Journal of Geophysical Research... 12 KB (1,356 words) - 20:31, 26 October 2023 |
planation to studying which relationships affect denudation–including uplift, isostasy, lithology, and vegetation–and measuring denudation rates around the world... 30 KB (3,699 words) - 16:39, 28 March 2024 |
was an eminent United States geodesist. His work involved the study of isostasy and the construction of a reference ellipsoid for approximating the figure... 7 KB (548 words) - 20:24, 10 January 2024 |
1882 review in the American Journal of Science, Dutton coined the term "isostasy". He later stated: "In an unpublished paper I have used the terms isostatic... 8 KB (964 words) - 15:36, 11 April 2024 |
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... 13 KB (1,315 words) - 23:15, 19 April 2024 |
has been exposed by the sea by a relative fall in sea levels by either isostasy or eustasy.[not verified in body] Emergent coastline are the opposite of... 1 KB (160 words) - 00:49, 8 December 2022 |
continental drift/ Airy-Heiskanen isostasy hypothesis had many flaws and scarce data. The fixist/ Pratt-Hayford isostasy, the contracting Earth and the expanding... 82 KB (9,208 words) - 22:21, 1 November 2023 |