Isostasy

Author: Gillian S. Holmes
Editors: K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner
Date: 2014
From: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science(Vol. 4. 5th ed.)
Publisher: Gale, part of Cengage Group
Document Type: Topic overview
Length: 999 words
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Isostasy

Isostasy is the term describing the naturally occurring balance of masses within Earth's crust that keeps the planet's gravity in equilibrium. Isostasy is not a force or a process; it is the term for the phenomenon of adjustments Earth makes to stay balanced in mass and gravity.

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Holmes, Gillian S. "Isostasy." The Gale Encyclopedia of Science, edited by K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, 5th ed., vol. 4, Gale, 2014, pp. 2436-2438. link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX3727801360/AONE?u=gale&sid=bookmark-AONE. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
  

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