单词 | isobase |
释义 | > as lemmasisobase isobase n. Brit. /ˈʌɪsə(ʊ)beɪs/ , U.S. /ˈaɪsəˌbeɪs/ [ < Swedish isobas (G. De Geer 1890, in Geol. Fören. i Stockholm Forhandl. XII. 72), < Greek βάσις stepping, step] Geology a line (either imaginary or on a map) connecting points on the earth which have undergone equal amounts of uplift (or more rarely depression) over a period of geological time.ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > map > [noun] > line on map > geological features or phenomena isoseismal1883 isobase1892 isopachyte1912 isovol1915 isopach1918 isograd1924 isochron1968 1892 G. De Geer in Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. XXV. 457 To get a general view of the warping of land..I have used the graphic method of Mr. G. K. Gilbert..and have connected with lines of equal deformation, or as I have called them isobases, such points of the limit as were uplifted to the same height. 1903 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 4) I. 386 De Geer has traced lines of equal deformation round this centre, and has found that these lines (isobases) group themselves in concentric circles. 1924 J. G. A. Skerl tr. A. Wegener Orig. Continents & Oceans 22 The isobase maps of de Geer..show a depression of the central portion of Scandinavia of at least 250 m. 1957 J. K. Charlesworth Quaternary Era II. xlv. 1289 (caption) Map of the sea's greatest area in Baltoscandia (black), with areas of most important glacier-lakes (shaded) and isobases of uplift in metres. 1969 G. M. Bennison & A. E. Wright Geol. Hist. Brit. Isles xvi. 366 It is still not possible to construct accurate isobases (lines joining points of equal uplift) for Britain, as has been done in the case of Scandinavia. < as lemmas |
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