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.....Isostacy


 
The big question on everyone's lips, ..Will this BIG crochetted Hawaiian chook with the frangipani navel stud, who (believe it or not) is less dense than the shell of an egg, be isostatically compensated?   And will the shell of the egg, which is more dense than the muck inside, subduct?   (Would it?  ...if it were humoungously gynormous.... ) (Does anybody have any arithmetic?)
("..Well, then, ...Puddleduck, ...  You're so smart. ....is it subducting because it's convecting? ....or is it convecting because it's subducting?... )

Courtesy of :-http://www.heartinhandstudio.com/other_eggs.htm
 

"....No, ..it's convecting because the crust is pushing everything down..."

Optimistic as ever, our guru waits to be isostatically compensated knowing that the eggshell, being of soft carbonate, is ductile on geologically long time scales.
...Chookaboom, chookaboom-boom-boom ....
"When reading the literature on isostacy. one would keep in mind that some Earth scientists reserve the term 'isostatically compensated' for only those features that are in local isostatic equilibrium.  Regionally compensated features (such as the Hawaiian Islands) are considered partly compensated, with the degree of compensation decreasing as the stiffness of the supporting plate increases.  For certain applications, this definition provides a useful distinction."