| 单词 | isostasy |
| 释义 | isostasy (once / 590966 pages) n WORD FAMILY isostasy USAGE EXAMPLESFrom this has arisen the doctrine of isostasy, or of the equalization of crustal pressure. Huntington, Ellsworth, Climatic Changes—Their Nature and C...(2011) The metals of different density floating in mercury in this diagram illustrate isostasy according to the theory of Pratt and Hayford. Lenzen, Victor Fritz, Development of Gravity Pendulums in...(2011) This state of equilibrium, which was first recognised by Pratt, as part of the dynamics of the Earth's crust, has been named isostasy. Joly, John, The Birth-Time of the World and Oth...(2010) n (geology) a general equilibrium of the forces tending to elevate or depress the earth's crust Hyper equilibrium a stable situation in which forces cancel one another |
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