subcrustal

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^[1], →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.