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isostatically adverb environment , geology specializeduk /ˌaɪ.səˈstæt.ɪ.kəl.i/ us /ˌaɪ.səˈstæt̬.ɪ.kəl.i/ in a way that relates to isostasy (= the state of balance that is thought to exist in the earth's solid outer layer): Ice up to 3 miles thick in places burdens the isostatically depressed continent of Antarctica. The bedrock in coastal Greenland seems to be isostatically rebounding faster than the global sea level is rising. Hypersaline lakes are fairly common in coastal areas of the Arctic which have risen isostatically from below sea level. |