 | Geological Society of America - 1922 - 924 pages
...generally in virtue of the rigidity of the earth's crust; continents, continental plateaus, and ocean basins exist in virtue of isostatic equilibrium in a crust heterogeneous as to density." — OK Gilbwt, 1890. The relation between rigidity and equilibrium in the lithosphere was thus stated... | |
 | Indiana Academy of Science - 1926 - 404 pages
...equivalent to mountains, exist generally in virtue of the rigidity of the Earth's crust; continents, plateaus and oceanic basins exist in virtue of isostatic...equilibrium in a crust heterogeneous as to density." It is not feasible to review here any part of the enormous mass of technical details that leads to... | |
 | National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) - 1926 - 624 pages
...valleys of magnitude equal to mountains, exist generally in virtue of the rigidity of the earth's crust. Continental plateaus and oceanic basins exist in virtue of isostatic equilibrium in a crust heterogenous as to density. It would be interesting to know what opinion Gilbert would have had as... | |
 | Geological Survey (U.S.) - 1927 - 580 pages
...valleys * * * exist generally in virtue of the rigidity of the earth's crust; continents * * * and ocean basins exist in virtue of isostatic equilibrium in a crust heterogeneous as to density. Barrell90 in 1914, after an exhaustive study of both geologic and geodetic evidence, concluded that... | |
 | Naomi Oreskes - 1999 - 433 pages
...these were held up by the strength of the crust: "Mountains, mountain ranges, and valleys of magnitudes equivalent to mountains exist generally in virtue...isostatic equilibrium in a crust heterogeneous as to density."'4 Gilbert's distinction was lost on many geologists, who were left uncertain, if not entirely... | |
 | A. B. Watts - 2001 - 508 pages
...Mountains, mountain ranges, and valleys of magnitude equivalent to mountains, exist generally in view of the rigidity of the Earth's crust; continents,...equilibrium in a crust heterogeneous as to density. In 1890, Gilbert published what is now widely regarded as the classic study of Lake Bonneville, a former... | |
 | Geological Society of America - 1890 - 654 pages
...equivalent io mountains, exist generally in virtue of the rigidity of the earth's crust ; continent/!, continental plateaus, and oceanic basins exist in...equilibrium in a crust heterogeneous as to density. Professor A. WINCH ELL : It strikes me that Mr. Gilbert's position is pretty nearly correct. I thought... | |
 | 540 pages
...equivalent to mountains exist generally in virtue of the rigidity of the earth's crust; continents, plateaus, and oceanic basins exist in virtue of isostatic...equilibrium in a crust heterogeneous as to density. Subsequent research confirmed this estimate and it is widely accepted as a working hypothesis, as Gilbert... | |
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It is believed that the following theorem or working hypothesis is worthy of consideration and of comparison with additional facts : mountains, mountain ranges, and valleys of magnitude equivalent to mountains, exist generally in virtue of the rigidity... 
