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II. THE accumulation of great masses of sediment destroys for the time being the isostatic balance of the earth's crust, which is restored by the outward flow of the plastic sima beneath them to other areas where the amount of deposits is less, or towards mountains subjected to erosion that diminishes the superincumbent load.
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EVANS, J. Regions of Compression1. Nature 119, 55–58 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/119055a0
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