eustasy


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
eustasy /ˈjuːstəsi/
noun a change of sea level throughout the world, caused typically by movements of parts of the earth's crust or melting of glaciers.
– derivatives
eustatic adjective.
– origin 1940s: back-form. from eustatic, coined in Ger. from Gk eu ‘well’ + statikos ‘static’.
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