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isostasy
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balancing of 2 forces
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isostatic adjustment
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up-and-down movements of the crust to reach isostasy
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stress
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force the causes pressure in earth's rocks
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strain
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cause by stress; change in the shape or volume of rock that results from the stress of being squeezed, twisted, or pulled apart
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compression
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when crustal rocks are squeezed together; tends to push crust deep into mantle
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tension
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force that pulls rocks apart
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shearing
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pushes rocks in opposite horizontal directions
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