 The process by which this balance is maintained has been called isostasy,80 and the crust is said to be in an isostatic state. The dynamics of the superficial strata with the attendant phenomena of folding and faulting are thus referred to gravitation...  Advanced Physiography - Page 308by John Thornton (M.A.) - 1890 - 342 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1890 - 610 pages
...force the rigidity of the strata may offer. In a mathematical sense, however, the theory of isostasy is in a less satisfactory state than 'the theory of contraction. As yet we can see only that isostasy is an efScient cause if once set in action ; but how it is started and to what extent it is... | |
 | Earth sciences - 1889 - 668 pages
...to keep pace with erosion. The process by which this balance is maintained has been called isostasy, and the crust is said to be in an isostatic state.:):...sense, however, the theory of isostacy is in a less •Notably Rev. Osmond Fisher. See his Physics of the Earth's Crust, Chapter VIII f Appendix to the... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1890 - 612 pages
...keep pace with erosion. The process by which this balance is maintained has been called isostasy,1 and the crust is said to be in an isostatic state....offer. In a mathematical sense, however, the theory of isostasy is in a less satisfactory state than the theory of contraction. As yet we can see only that... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1890 - 258 pages
...keep pace with erosion. Tlie process by which this balance is maintained has been called isostasy,1 and the crust is said to be in an isostatic state....offer. In a mathematical sense, however, the theory of isostasy is in a less satisfactory state than the theory of contraction. As yet we can see only that... | |
 | Astronomy - 1900 - 600 pages
...keep pace with erosion. The process by which this balance is maintained has been called isostasy,80 and the crust is said to be in an isostatic state....offer. In a mathematical sense, however, the theory of isostasy is in a less satisfactory state than the theory of contraction. As yet we can see only that... | |
 | Archibald Geikie - Geology - 1903 - 740 pages
...isostasy " have been forcibly expressed by Mr. ES Woodward. " In a mathematical sense, this theory is in a less satisfactory state than the theory of contraction. As yet we can see only that isostasy is an efficient cause if once set in motion, but how it is started, and to what extent it... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - Discoveries in science - 1891 - 898 pages
...keep pace with erosion. The process by which this balance is maintained has been called isostasy,{ and the crust is said to be in an isostatic state....offer. In a mathematical sense, however, the theory of isostasy is in a less satisfactory state than the theory of contraction. As yet we can see only that... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - Discoveries in science - 1891 - 898 pages
...pace with erosion. The process by which this balance is maintained has been called isostasy,}: aud the crust is said to be in an isostatic state. The...offer. In a mathematical sense, however, the theory of isostasy is in a less satisfactory state than the theory of contraction. As yet we can see only that... | |
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