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Meanings of underlying stratum in anglès

Stratum that another stratum lies over.

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Examples for "overlying stratum"
Examples for "overlying stratum"
1
The latter is the case: for the overlying stratum is intensely baked along the zone of contact.
The Elements of Geology
2
The overlying stratum, as well as that beneath, has been affected by the heat of the once molten rock.
The Elements of Geology
3
This is the case in the Grand Canyon, where the limestone wall is colored red by the iron in an overlying stratum.
Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania
Usage of underlying stratum in anglès
1
Except where there is an underlying stratum of sand or gravel beneath hard pan, the drill has to go through rock.
If You're Going to Live in the Country
2
No language can be agglutinative without clinging with its roots to the underlying stratum of isolation.-'On the Stratification of Language,' p. 20.
The Coming Race
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