eustasy

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈjuːstəsi/|/ˈjustəsi/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A worldwide change in sea level, especially one caused by melting ice or tectonic activity.
    — The age of the dunal or other deposits, formed on it after the sea had begun to withdraw, in accordance with the theory of glacial eustasy, and which I have named Berardian, is, however, the crucial thing here.

词形变化

eustasies plural eustacy alternative

词源

A back-formation from eustatic (borrowed from German eustatische (“eustatic”), from Ancient Greek εὖ (eû, “well, good”) + στάσις (stásis, “standing”)) + -y.
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