glacioisostasy

Etymology

From glacio- + isostasy.

glacioisostasy means the adjustment of the lithosphere due to the formation or melting of glaciers and ice sheets. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

The adjustment of the lithosphere due to the formation or melting of glaciers and ice sheets.“It is assumed that glacioisostasy is the principal and virtually the only cause of oscillating movements of the earth's crust in regions with thick glaciers.”