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adjectivesubcrustal (not comparable)
- not comparablegeographyUnderneath the crust (of the Earth).
This provides an alternative mechanism for the documented large-scale river captures in the east-Tibetan drainage, previously suggested to be a record of a late uplift event perhaps related to subcrustal processes and dated as Miocene or later.
2015 August 6, “Topographic Evolution and Climate Aridification during Continental Collision: Insights from Computer Simulations”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI - not comparablegeographyOf or relating to the subcrust.
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subcrustal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subcrustal
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“subcrustal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subcrustal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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