isostacy

This phenomenon, known as isostacy, occurs because the crust floats on top of the mantle like ice cubes in water.

Structure of the Earth 2007

It's gneiss to get a break from the isostacy. dbadass Says:

Think Progress 2009

The land is sinking, due to isostacy and the compaction of sediments, much faster than the sea is rising, because rivers are now embanked and not allowed to deposit new sediment on the flood plains.

Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2009

M non-eustatic changes this is basically the tectonics of isostacy: the earth’s crust locally lifts and falls due to loads placed upon it.

Sinking river delta could mean trouble along Fraser « Stephen Rees's blog 2009