Keratosis polaris or pilaris usually affects the back of the upper arms, the thighs, and the buttocks regions. It can also appear on the face and can be misdiagnosed as an acne problem. It is more common in teenagers than any other age group, but infants and older individuals may also experience this type of keratosis.
In regions that have had the time to reach isostatic equilibrium without being disturbed by other geological effects, such as the south-western United States, very good correlation exists between the local elevation and Bouguer gravity anomalies, providing compelling evidence for isostasy [4].he waxing and waning of ice sheets, erosion, sedimentation, and extrusive volcanism are examples of processes that perturb isostasy. The physical properties of the lithosphere (the rocky shell that forms Earth's exterior) are affected by the way the mantle and crust respond to these perturbations.
In the 1960's, however, geologists discovered that the ocean floors had been spreading, thus influencing the shapes and sizes of the continents. This new theory, called plate tectonics, provided a mechanism that made sense in physical terms to account for Wegener's idea of continental drift.lfred Wegener, who was educated to be a meteorologist and an Arctic climatologist, insisted that his theory was correct because of the evidence he saw. To support his ideas about continental drift, Wegener pointed to the similarities in the fossils of the southern continents.