If the mantle transmits S-waves, then how can it behave like a liquid, as implied by the principle of

isostasy? What will be an ideal response?


The mantle responds to short-term stresses, such as seismic waves, like a solid, but responds to longterm
stresses, such as those of isostatic rebound, like a viscous liquid.

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