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Originally Posted by eburacum45
One interesting aspect is the question of how isostatic recovery occurs at all; does it include a flow of material in the upper mantle towards the rebounding region, or is it simply due to a decrease in density in the local rock? I expect it would be a bit of both.
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If it's going to be isostatic, it not going to be the second one at all. A decrease in density does nothing for isostatic compensation.