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Deformation
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bending, tilting, breaking of earth crust (in response to stress)
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Stress
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the force that CAUSES pressure in earth's rocks.
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Strain
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the change (folding, squeezing, twisting, breaking) of rocks DUE TO STRESS
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Isostasy
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balancing of the forces pressing up and down on the earth's crust.
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Isostatic adjustments
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the up-and-down movements of the crust to reach isostasy.
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GEOSYNCLINE
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sediments accumulate on the ocean floor at the mouth of a large river.
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