Isostasy (Greek ísos 'equal', stásis 'standstill') or isostatic equilibrium is the state of gravitational equilibrium between Earth's crust (or lithosphere)...
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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...
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rift between blocks using the rheology of the layers and the forces of isostasy. Early bent plate models predicting fractures and fault movements have...
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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...
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depression. Post-glacial rebound and isostatic depression are phases of glacial isostasy (glacial isostatic adjustment, glacioisostasy), the deformation of the...
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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...
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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...
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sea level. But, as the ice melts, the land beneath will rebound through isostasy and ultimately rise above sea level.[citation needed] The largest and highest...
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ridges, postulating that spreading can be derived from the principles of isostasy. In Orowan's proposal, pressure within and immediately under the elevated...
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greater buoyancy of the thicker, less dense continental crust (an example of isostasy). As a result, the continents form high ground surrounded by deep ocean...
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interpretation Environment Protection Agency Sea level rise reports Properties of isostasy and eustasy Measuring Sea Level from Space Rising Tide Video: Scripps Institution...
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was an eminent United States geodesist. His work involved the study of isostasy and the construction of a reference ellipsoid for approximating the figure...
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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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Role of Isostatic Movements". In Nils-Axel Mörner (ed.). Earth Rheology, Isostasy and Eustasy. New York: John Wiley & Sons. metamorphic rock classification...
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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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elevations or orography) to fixed landforms. However, given plate tectonics and isostasy, there is no system in which all geographic features are fixed. Yet the...
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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...
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"The formation of Valles Marineris: 3. Trough formation through super-isostasy, stress, sedimentation, and subsidence". Journal of Geophysical Research...
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the age of the seafloor. The overall shape of ridges results from Pratt isostasy: close to the ridge axis, there is a hot, low-density mantle supporting...
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accentuates subsidence and thus amplifies basin development as a result of isostasy. The long-term preserved geologic record of a sedimentary basin is a large...
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relief map) Geographic information system (GIS) Geomorphometry Hypsometry Isostasy Physical terrain model Relief ratio Subterranea Terrain awareness and warning...
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Earth's crust as the ice load and eroded sediment is removed (also called isostasy or glacial rebound). In some cases, this rebound is faster than sea level...
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region. Isostatic depression is a phase of glacial isostasy, along with isostatic rebound. Glacial isostasy is the Earth's response to changing surface loads...
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Thermal subsidence (section Isostasy)
B. “Isostasy and Flexure of the Lithosphere.” Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University, Cambridge Free Press 2001. Watts, A. B. “Isostasy and Flexure...
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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...
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planation to studying which relationships affect denudation–including uplift, isostasy, lithology, and vegetation–and measuring denudation rates around the world...
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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...
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the theory still required work to avoid foundering on the orogeny and isostasy objections. Worse, the most viable forms of the theory predicted the existence...
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shape close to hydrostatic equilibrium; the deviations are maintained by isostasy. Dione's ice shell is thought to vary in thickness by less than 5%, with...
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southeast-northwest diagonal profile through Tibet and its consequences for the glacial isostasy and Ice Age cycle". Kuhle, M. (1988). "The Pleistocene Glaciation of Tibet...
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