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Definition of Overlain
1. overlie [v] - See also: overlie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overlain
Literary usage of Overlain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1912)
"A.—Exposure showing the Patuxent formation overlain unconformably by the St.
Marys formation, and the latter in turn overlain by Pleistocene deposits, ..."
2. The Coastal Plain of North Carolina by William Bullock Clark, Benjamin LeRoy Miller (1912)
"A.—Exposure showing the Patuxent formation overlain unconformably by the St.
Marys formation, and the latter In turn overlain by Pleistocene deposits, ..."
3. The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain by Archibald Geikie (1897)
"underlain, sometimes overlain, with similar material. It is quite obvious that
their- deposition was contemporaneous with volcanic action in the immediate ..."
4. Mineral Resources of Virginia by Thomas Leonard Watson, Ray Smith Bassler, Heinrich Ries, Roy Jay Holden (1907)
"Diatomaceous earth overlain liy Pleistocene clay at Wilmont. Fig. 2.—Bluffs of
diatomaceous earth (Miocene age) along Rappahannock river, southeast of ..."
5. The Nature of Ore Deposits by Richard Beck (1905)
"... intercalated in clay slates of the Middle Devonian (Goslar slates) forming
the under side of the Rammelsberg anticline. The slates are overlain by the ..."
6. Final Report by New Jersey Geological Survey (1904)
"Bank of black Raritan clay overlain by gravel at S. Graham & Co's. brickyard.
The man stands just below the contact, which is sharply marked. ..."
7. Economic Geology of the United States by Heinrich Ries (1905)
"Shows gypsum overlain by glacial drift. The dump in foreground is overburden
removed from gypsum. Photo., AC Lanf. Fio. 2. — Rock phosphate mine near Ocala, ..."
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