isocatabase

English

Alternative forms

• isokatabase

Etymology

From iso- +‎ cata- +‎ base.

Noun

isocatabase (plural isocatabases)

1. (geology) An isobase of equal subsidence.
   • 2012, Marian Marschalko, Işık Yilmaz, Martin Bednárik, Karel Kubečka, “Deformation of slopes as a cause of underground mining activities: three case studies from Ostrava–Karviná coal field (Czech Republic)”, in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, volume 184, pages 6709–6733:

     Moreover, a combination of inclinometer measurement correlated with isocatabase maps in different time sections can be accepted as an optimal methodology for identification of the underground mining influence on slope deformations.