isostatic
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- isostatically adverb
Etymology
Origin of isostatic
Example Sentences
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“Mount Everest and its neighbouring peaks are growing because the isostatic rebound is raising them up faster than erosion is wearing them down,” fellow co-author of the study Dr Matthew Fox told the BBC.
From BBC • Sep. 30, 2024
But when this began to melt 9,600 years ago, the land began to rise in a process called isostatic rebound.
From The Guardian • Jul. 2, 2017
The lithosphere can move vertically as a result of two main processes, tectonics, and isostatic rebound.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
Meanwhile offshore areas are experiencing weak isostatic subsidence.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
The transfer of matter from the exposed land surfaces to the sub-oceanic slopes of the continents and the increase in the density of the ocean, must all along have been attended by isostatic readjustment.
From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by Joly, John
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