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crustal Definition

crustal (krustəl)

adjective

of a crust, esp. the earth's crust

crustal Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • thickening: Vertical stretching and crustal thickening at Nanga Parbat, Pakistan Himalaya: a model for distributed continental deformation during mountain building.
  • deformation: Results will define the age of the Scottish drainage divide and test models which predict divide migration in response to crustal deformation.
  • displacement: This could have been via an axis shift, crustal displacement, or a change in the direction of rotation.
  • thickness: The transition from axial valley to axial high occurs at a crustal thickness of ~8 km.
  • evolution: These seldom visited bleak and desolate volcanic islands hold significant clues to crustal evolution.
  • plate: Like a giant cracked egg shell the surface is made up of crustal plates which move very slowly.