crustal

Adjective

Meaning

Relating to a crust.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

peel cortex integumentary layer crust geological bark superficial geologic cortical extrinsic rind scab outer encrustation
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Antonyms

middle core

Phrases with the word

crustal rocks movement of large crustal blocks continental crustal motion

Examples

As a result of remelting of basaltic oceanic crust due to subduction, the cores of the first continents grew large enough to withstand crustal recycling processes. Source: Internet

Beginning about 200 million years ago, forces within the Earth's mantle began to separate the lands of the Southern Hemisphere, and a crustal plate supporting both India and Sri Lanka moved toward the northeast. Source: Internet

A subduction zone is a type of contact between different crustal plates where heavier crust slides below lighter crust. Source: Internet

It does not currently have a global dipolar magnetic field and only has crustal magnetization, probably acquired early in lunar history when a dynamo was still operating. Source: Internet

Guo, Z., and M. Wilson (2012) The Himalayan leucogranites: Constraints on the nature of their crustal source region and geodynamic setting. Source: Internet

However, there is little evidence of formation of palimpsests through viscoelastic crustal relaxation, unlike on other large icy moons. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

crustache crustacivore crustacyanin crustal movement crustal plate crustal rocks