subcrustal

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English

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Etymology

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From sub- +‎ crustal.

Adjective

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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 [69 ], previously suggested to be a record of a late uplift event [26 ] perhaps related to subcrustal processes and dated as Miocene or later.