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Also Known As isostatic equilibrium

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Consider the theory of isostasy as an explanation for landforms and the geologic cycle
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Dutton, Clarence Edward
Clarence Edward Dutton
American geologist
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William Bowie
American geodesist
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John Fillmore Hayford
American engineer and geodesist