isostasy

English Thesaurus

1. (geology) a general equilibrium of the forces tending to elevate or depress the earth's crust (noun.state)

hypernym	:	equilibrium,
definition	:	a stable situation in which forces cancel one another (noun.state)

domain category	:	geology,
definition	:	a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks (noun.cognition)