Pratt isostasy posits that the density of a planet's crust varies from spot to spot, whereas Airy holds that crust depth depends heavily on topography. Sori set out to relate Mercury's density to ...

This article was originally published with the title “ The Coral Reef Problem and Isostasy ” in SA Supplements Vol. 84 No. 2180supp (October 1917), p. 240 doi:10.1038 ...

Nature Geoscience - Isostasy can't be ignored. In an elegant analysis of landslides following the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan, China, Parker et al. 1 showed that estimates of the mass of ...

The theory of isostasy is illustrated using the town of Stonehaven in Scotland as an example. During an ice age, the build-up of ice presses down on the land and the sea level drops. When the ice ...

Nature Geoscience - Reply to 'Isostasy can't be ignored' Authors and Affiliations. Risk and Resilience and Department of Geography, Institute of Hazard, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK ...

The theory of isostasy is illustrated using the town of Stonehaven in Scotland as an example. During an ice age, the build-up of ice presses down on the land and the sea level drops. When the ice ...