subsurface
IPA: sˈʌbsɝfʌs
noun
- Something that is below the layer that is on the surface.
- (countable, mathematics) A surface which is a submanifold of another surface.
adjective
- Below the surface.
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Examples of "subsurface" in Sentences
- The same applies to a subsurface gas.
- Presence of shallow subsurface water ice.
- Green clay is packed to make the subsurface.
- ERH is not capable of desiccating the subsurface.
- Drilling is often used to explore the subsurface.
- This is called subsurface return flow or interflow.
- Unfortunately, observation of the subsurface is difficult.
- Conductivity will cease before the subsurface is desiccated.
- It can be found in the subsurface of most of the Netherlands.
- The anticline continues uninterrupted in the subsurface of the Channel.
- Biological activity in the deep subsurface and the origin of heavy oil.
- Water that infiltrates the soil is called subsurface water, but not all of it becomes groundwater for the following reasons:
- Of greater concern is that the oil can flow out into the surrounding rocks the way the mud did during the failed Top Kill procedure, forming what is called a subsurface blowout.
- Geothermal power utilizes the near constant temperature of the earth's subsurface, which is about 54 degrees, instead of using boilers to heat large volumes of very cold water by burning fossil fuels.
- The cold, lightless and energy-poor conditions under the seafloor provide a promising research analog for the harsh conditions in subsurface Martian soil or near hydrothermal vents on Europa, Jupiter’s second moon.
- Dental fluorosis has been described as a subsurface enamel hypomineralization, with porosity of the tooth positively correlated with the degree of fluorosis. 22 It is characterized by diffuse opacities and under-mineralized enamel.
- Among their early findings: a surprising amount of water moves rapidly through fractures in subsurface bedrock during high-intensity storms, playing a greater role in raising pore pressure than had been thought and creating "hot spots" that can fail.
- I can see how a trip to Mars could stimulate us to push spaceflight tech but having spent a tremendous amount of dough getting to Mars and having established that there was and possibly is water on Mars and maybe even microorganisms in subsurface seas, what then?