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Definition of Isobase

1. a contour line of equal upheaval of the land [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Isobase

Literary usage of Isobase

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Glacial and Postglacial Lakes of the Great Lakes Region by Frank Bursley Taylor (1913)
"South of the isobase of Kirkfield the Algonquin beach seen to-day is not the first beach made when the Kirkfield outlet carried the whole discharge, ..."

2. Earth Features and Their Meaning: An Introduction to Geology for the Student by William Herbert Hobbs (1912)
"Map of the Great Lakes region to show iso- bases and hinge lines of uptilt. a, isobase of the Chicago outlet; 6, main hinge line of the Lake Whittlesey ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"All places on the lake shore northeast of such a line, or isobase, ... Ontario lies altogether southwest of the isobase of its outlet ; and, hence, ..."

4. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1895)
"Lake Superior is 20 feet higher than lake Michigan, and the node of the Nipissing plane should therefore be on a line about ten miles south of the isobase ..."

5. The Pleistocene of Indiana and Michigan and the History of the Great Lakes by Frank Leverett, Frank Bursley Taylor (1915)
"This is significant when it is noted that the isobase of North Bay passes only a few miles south of the extreme northeast corner of Lake Superior, ..."

6. Transactions of the Canadian Institute by Canadian Institute (1849-1914). (1899)
"If we draw a straight line through the outlet of each lake at right angles to the line of uplift, this isobase will represent the axes along which its ..."

7. Publication by Michigan, Michigan Geological Survey, Geological and Biological Survey (1911)
"about Lake Huron the water is falling, most rapidly at the north and northeast, where the distance from the Port Huron isobase * * * is greatest. ..."

8. The Glacial and Postglacial Lakes of the Great Lakes Region by Frank Bursley Taylor (1913)
"South of the isobase of Kirkfield the Algonquin beach seen to-day is not the first beach made when the Kirkfield outlet carried the whole discharge, ..."

9. Earth Features and Their Meaning: An Introduction to Geology for the Student by William Herbert Hobbs (1912)
"Map of the Great Lakes region to show iso- bases and hinge lines of uptilt. a, isobase of the Chicago outlet; 6, main hinge line of the Lake Whittlesey ..."

10. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"All places on the lake shore northeast of such a line, or isobase, ... Ontario lies altogether southwest of the isobase of its outlet ; and, hence, ..."

11. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1895)
"Lake Superior is 20 feet higher than lake Michigan, and the node of the Nipissing plane should therefore be on a line about ten miles south of the isobase ..."

12. The Pleistocene of Indiana and Michigan and the History of the Great Lakes by Frank Leverett, Frank Bursley Taylor (1915)
"This is significant when it is noted that the isobase of North Bay passes only a few miles south of the extreme northeast corner of Lake Superior, ..."

13. Transactions of the Canadian Institute by Canadian Institute (1849-1914). (1899)
"If we draw a straight line through the outlet of each lake at right angles to the line of uplift, this isobase will represent the axes along which its ..."

14. Publication by Michigan, Michigan Geological Survey, Geological and Biological Survey (1911)
"about Lake Huron the water is falling, most rapidly at the north and northeast, where the distance from the Port Huron isobase * * * is greatest. ..."

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