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THE condition of equilibrium in the crust of the earth is maintained by under-surface compensation of some sort, between the extremes of no compensation (a rigid crust) and complete local compensation (a plastic crust). Common knowledge shows that the materials of the crust are too weak for rigid support of the relief, and are too strong for complete local isostasy. What, then, is the most probable arrangement of the actual isostatic compensation?
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PUTNAM, G. Isostasy. Nature 123, 298–299 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/123298b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/123298b0