ERDKRUSTE - Translation from German into English

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in the PONS Dictionary

German

English

Erd·krus·te <-, ohne pl> N f

Erdkruste: earth's crust

English

German

crust: [Erd]kruste f

upheaval of the earth's crust: Erhebung f der Erdkruste

Klett Geography Glossary

crust: Erdkruste

destructive margin: Erdkruste verbrauchender Rand

collision margin: Erdkruste aufschiebender Rand

crustal movement: Bewegung der Erdkruste

conservative margin: Erdkruste bewahrender Rand (einer Platte)

constructive margin: Erdkruste bildender Rand (einer Platte)

Klett Biology Glossary

lithosphere: Erdkruste

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upheaval of the earth's crust: Erhebung f der Erdkruste

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Für gewöhnlich sieht man weltweit nur die Gesteine der dünnen Erdkruste.

de.wikipedia.org

Durch die Hitze des Erdinneren werden die feineren Bestandteile der feuchten Ausdünstungen in die natürlichen Poren und Risse der Erdkruste getrieben.

de.wikipedia.org

Sie ist auch ein Mittel, um die Tiefenstruktur der Erdkruste zu erforschen, wobei sie die Methoden der Geoseismik unterstützt.

de.wikipedia.org

Als ozeanische Erdkruste, kurz auch ozeanische Kruste, bezeichnet man den ozeanischen Anteil der Erdkruste im Schalenbau der Erde; sie ist damit Teil der Lithosphäre.

de.wikipedia.org

Auf dieser Grundlage wird konservativ geschätzt, dass ein bedeutender Anteil (42 bis 85 %) der Grundwasservorkommen in den obersten 1000 Metern der Erdkruste fossiles Wasser ist.

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