isostasy

8 letters · noun · scores 2,200 in SpellHuntr

noun

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

Isostasy in a sentence

When a continent carries an ice sheet, the weight of that sheet distorts the equilibrium, the isostasy that causes the crust to float as it does.

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