isostasy in English

noun
1
the equilibrium that exists between parts of the earth's crust, which behaves as if it consists of blocks floating on the underlying mantle, rising if material (such as an ice cap) is removed and sinking if material is deposited.
Three main processes are essential to the understanding of mechanisms of large-scale subsidence and uplift: thermal perturbations of the lithosphere, isostasy (mass balancing), and flexure.

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1. Airy isostasy applied to a real-case basin scenario, where the total load on the mantle is composed by a crustal basement, …

2. Airy isostasy, in which a constant-density crust floats on a higher-density mantle, and topography is determined by the thickness of the crust

3. 28 Using the isostatie response function technique, we have investigated the isostasy and crustal density structure of Panzhihua- Xichang region, which was supposed to contain a continental rift valley.

4. Paleogeography, paleotopography, and paleobathymetry of a closed erosion-depositional system can be reconstructed by restoring sedimentary masses to elevated surfaces in a drainage basin based on the inverse of present erosion equations and adjusting for isostasy, sea level changes, sediment compaction, and thermal subsidence.