isoanabase

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noun

An isobase of equal upheaval.

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Meanings

nounisoanabase (plural isoanabases)

plural isoanabases

  1. geographyAn isobase of equal upheaval.

    The northern part is the most important uplift zone in Romania, while the southern part has a similar velocity to the other mountains in Romania. The Dorna Depression, which in the previous map was only outlined, is contoured by isoanabases with values reduced (+ 3.0 mm/y) in the new one.

    1987, Miron N. Popescu, “Maps of recent vertical crustal movements in Romania: Similarities and differences”, in Journal of Geodynamics, volume 8, numbers 2–4, page 132

Origin

From iso- + ana- + base.

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