isostasy
61John Henry Pratt — (June 4, 1809 December 28, 1871) was a British clergyman and mathematician who devised a theory of crustal balance which would become the basis for the isostasy principle. Pratt was born in London and educated as a mathematician at Cambridge… …
62Topological map — Topological tube map of the London Underground In cartography and geology, a topological map is one that has been simplified so that only vital information remains and unnecessary detail has been removed. These maps lack scale, and distance and… …
63Outer trench swell — The outer trench swell, outer trench high, or outer rise is a subtle ridge on the seafloor near an oceanic trench, where a descending plate begins to flex and fault in preparation for its descent into the mantle at a subduction zone. The… …
64Continental collision — For general context, see Plate tectonics. Cartoon of a tectonic collision between two continents Continental collision is a phenomenon of the plate tectonics of Earth that occurs at convergent boundaries. Continental collision is a variation on… …
65William Bowie — Infobox Scientist name = William Bowie box width = image width =200px caption = William Bowie birth date = May 6, 1872 birth place = Grassland death date = August 25, 1940 death place = residence = citizenship = nationality = American ethnicity …
66Hawaiian Trough — The Hawaiian Trough, also known as the Hawaiian Deep, is a depression of the sea floor surrounding the Hawaiian Islands, where the massive weight of the island chain downwarps the oceanic lithosphere; surrounding the islands like a moat, it is… …
67Beach ridge — A beach ridge is a wave swept or wave deposited ridge running parallel to a shoreline. It is commonly composed of sand as well as sediment worked from underlying beach material. The movement of sediment by wave action is called littoral transport …
68Mass distribution — For other uses, see Weight distribution. Mass distribution is a term used in physics and mechanics and describes the spatial distribution of mass within a solid body. In principle, it is relevant also for gases or liquids, but on earth their mass …
69Foreland basin — basins, where accommodation space is generated by lithospheric extension. Types of Foreland BasinForeland basins can be divided into two categories: * Peripheral (Pro) foreland basins, which occur on the plate that is subducted or underthrust… …
70Friedrich Hopfner — Infobox Scientist name = Friedrich Hopfner image width = caption = birth date = birth date|1881|10|28|df=y birth place = Trutnov, Czech Republic death date = death date and age|1949|9|5|1881|10|28|df=y death place = Hintersteiner See, Austria… …
