isostatic
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- adjective
- /ˌaɪsəˈstætɪk/
- Specialized
- Even the complexity of isostatic rebound and the indecidability of sea level tends to argue for asymmetric uncertainty and greater associated risk.
Examples
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Ozark+JMG - There is much thought that the ongoing present-day seismicity in eastern North America is in part due to continuing isostatic rebound from the last ice age, 10,000 years after the fact.
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Wingham et al. report that "overall, the data, corrected for isostatic rebound, show the ice sheet growing at 5.1 mm year-1.
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Sea levels only rise if adjusted for isostatic rebound.
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The data from North Carolina reveal four phases of persistent sea-level change after correction for glacial isostatic adjustment.
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Calculate the rate of isostatic sinking of the Pacific Ocean floor resulting from post-LGM loading by water, the rate of compensatory land level rise, the rate of gravitationally induced sea level rise, and sea level changes from morphological changes to the ocean floor.
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The concept of isostatic equilibrium is crucial for understanding how continents adjust to glacial melting.
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Scientists study isostatic rebound to determine how Earth's crust adapts following significant weight loss.
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Measuring isostatic adjustments helps geologists predict changes in sea levels resulting from ice sheet dynamics.
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Etymology
The word isostatic comes from the parts iso- 'equal' and static 'standing', with static like the word 'not moving'. It describes how the land finds a new balance after weight changes, for example when large ice sheets melt and the ground slowly rises.