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crustal

/kruhs-tl/US // ˈkrʌs tl //UK // (ˈkrʌstəl) //

地壳,结壳,地壳层,地壳的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to a crust, as of the earth.

Examples

  • Now, his team has discovered 58 unique crustal blocks on Venus’ crust.

  • Each one has a low-lying center plain, which they dubbed a “campus,” surrounded by rings of mountainous ridges which the team thinks formed from a kind of “jostling” action between the crustal blocks, says Byrne.

  • Water getting locked up in crustal minerals may be equally important as water loss to space and could potentially be more important.

  • Moreover, in most cases, they are not reversible as are the crustal and solar phenomena.

  • The fundamental conception of geography is form, including 620 the figure of the earth and the varieties of crustal relief.

  • Professor C. Lapworth has generalized the grand features of crustal relief in a scheme of attractive simplicity.

  • The dominant forms result from crustal movements, the subsidiary from secondary reactions Geology and land forms.

  • Thus we conclude that while climatic changes and crustal movements usually occur together, they may occur separately.