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captainjonesify

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If the mantle transmits S-waves, then how can it behave like a liquid, as implied by the principle of
  isostasy? What will be an ideal response?



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What is isostatic rebound? Give an example. What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

The mantle responds to short-term stresses, such as seismic waves, like a solid, but responds to longterm
stresses, such as those of isostatic rebound, like a viscous liquid.



Answer to Question 2

Isostatic rebound is the re-equilibration of the crust by rebounding to the level at which it floats
again in the mantle after a mass has been removed. The melting of glaciers after the end of the ice age
has caused the crust they were sitting on to rebound upward.





captainjonesify

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Reply 2 on: Jul 15, 2018
Wow, this really help


momolu

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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