subcrustal

English

Etymology

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