Isostasy

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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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