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To: nickcarraway

This is called "isostasy" - I learned about it in 9th-Grade Science class.

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5 posted on 12/13/2017 10:43:01 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)

To: alexander_busek

This is called "isostasy" - I learned about it in 9th-Grade Science class.

Yup. And judging from the responses to this thread, science education today isn't what it used to be.

17 posted on 12/13/2017 11:03:49 AM PST by Bernard Marx

To: alexander_busek

If the mountains rise, does it not mean that somewhere land must sink to balance the rise? We are talking about the entire earth’s crust, aren’t we?

18 posted on 12/13/2017 11:09:11 AM PST by BatGuano (You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)

To: alexander_busek

Changes in the Earth’s rotation (slowing) at some point, reduced the equatorial bulge, putting pressure on the mantle.

24 posted on 12/13/2017 11:50:28 AM PST by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)

To: alexander_busek

Isostatic equilibrium. Possible, but I’d need more data.

25 posted on 12/13/2017 11:53:45 AM PST by onedoug

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