The study of the responses of the Earth to loads (mountain belts, glaciers) placed on it. Isostatic theory states that at the depth of compensation all pressures exerted by rocks above are equal. Northern Europe is currently re-bounding from glaciers that were there during the Last Glacial Maximum, such that Scotland is raising and Kent is sinking....
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The buoyant condition of the Earth's crust floating in the asthenosphere. The greater the weight of the crust the deeper it floats into the asthenosphere. When weight is remove the crust rises higher.
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(Gk: isos=equal; stasis station) the tendency for the Earth's crust to maintain a state of near-balance. For instance, when erosion of a mountain area occurs, or when a large ice sheet melts, compensation in the form of new uplift occurs. It explains variations in relative levels of sea and land.
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