Sentences with phrase «called isostatic»
Also called isostatic equilibrium.
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One is the natural sinking of land called glacio - isostatic adjustment.
The change in Earth's moment of inertia, a quantity called J2 - dot, due to the ongoing isostatic rebound in Canada after the last ice age, has been well observed by satellite orbit monitoring, e.g., of the Lageos laser reflecting satellites.
The crust and mantle can bounce back during a large melt, an effect that is called «isostatic rebound».
«We have to account for the fact that the ocean basins are actually getting slightly bigger... water volume is expanding,» he said, a phenomenon they call glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA).