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isostatic adjustment
i·so·stat·ic ad·just·ment (plural i·so·stat·ic ad·just·ments)


noun 
Definition:
 
uplifting of Earth's surface: a slow uplifting of the Earth's surface resulting from the removal of a load, as occurs after the melting of a glacier
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