crustal Definition
crustal (krus′təl)
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.
Browse dictionary entries near crustal
- ‹ crustaceous
- ‹ crustacean
- ‹ crust
- ‹ Crusoe
- ‹ crushing
- ‹ crush spread
- ‹ crush
- ‹ cruse
- ‹ crusado
- ‹ crusader
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