The purpose of the paper is to formulate a working hypothesis of isostasy that will be acceptable to both geologists and geodesists. Most of the discussion is devoted to the removal of two obstacles ...

TWO articles on isostasy by the late Prof. Joseph Barrell, which appeared in the American Journal of Science for October, 1919, contain what may be regarded as his mature views on the subject.

The theory of isostasy is illustrated using the town of Stonehaven in Scotland as an example. During an ice age, the build-up of ice presses down on the land and the sea level drops. When the ice ...