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Definition of Isostatically
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Isostatically
Literary usage of Isostatically
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1901)
"... the elevation of the laud caused an ice-sheet to form gradually over it until
the surface was depressed, isostatically, by the weight of accumulated ice ..."
2. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1894)
"The ice of the locally glaciated areas over Europe could have depressed isostatically
only equal areas to a depth less than two fifths of the mean thickness ..."
3. United Arab Emirates: A New Perspective by Ibrahim Abed, Peter Hellyer (2001)
"... leading edge of the Arabian continent to rise isostatically (like a piece of
wood being released under water), causing the separation of what now became ..."
4. Proceedings of the Workshop on Pyrochemical Separations: Avignon, France, 14 by European Commission, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2001)
"... heated to adsorb the salt into the zeolite, mixed with glass and hot isostatically
pressed into a glass bonded sodalite (GBS) the ceramic waste form. ..."
5. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1904)
"... lakes which covered much of France and central Europe during the Oligocene,
and, isostatically, by the sinking of other parts of the preexisting land. ..."
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