subcrustal

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English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ crustal.

Adjective

subcrustal (not comparable)

  1. (geology) Underneath the crust (of the Earth).
    • 2015 August 6, “Topographic Evolution and Climate Aridification during Continental Collision: Insights from Computer Simulations”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      This provides an alternative mechanism for the documented large-scale river captures in the east-Tibetan drainage, previously suggested to be a record of a late uplift event perhaps related to subcrustal processes and dated as Miocene or later.
  2. (geology) Of or relating to the subcrust.