Thesaurus / overlie
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When enough vapor accumulates and the pressure becomes high enough to match or overcome the weight of the overlying frost, the vapor could burst out at velocities over 70 kilometers per hour.
LAVA AND FROST MAY FORM THE MYSTERIOUS LUMPS ON JUPITER’S MOON IONIKK OGASAMAY 3, 2022SCIENCE NEWSAs the tectonic plate overlying the plume moves, a chain of volcanoes forms over time.
MANY VOLCANIC ISLANDS HAVE SURPRISINGLY COOL ORIGINSKATE BAGGALEYJANUARY 7, 2022POPULAR-SCIENCEMaterial that hot is more than warm enough to rise to Earth’s surface, chew through overlying crust and create prodigious volcanic activity.
SOME VOLCANIC HOT SPOTS MAY HAVE A SURPRISINGLY SHALLOW HEAT SOURCESID PERKINSJANUARY 6, 2022SCIENCE NEWSFor instance, after overlying glaciers have melted, volcanoes in Iceland have shown an uptick in eruptions.
GREECE’S SANTORINI VOLCANO ERUPTS MORE WHEN THE SEA LEVEL DROPSMARIA TEMMINGAUGUST 24, 2021SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSVolcanoes in Iceland, for instance, have shown an uptick in eruptions after overlying glaciers have melted, relieving the volcanic systems of the weight of the ice.
GREECE’S SANTORINI VOLCANO ERUPTS MORE OFTEN WHEN SEA LEVEL DROPSMARIA TEMMINGAUGUST 2, 2021SCIENCE NEWSMarls and limestones with fossils of an Eocene facies overlie the Cretaceous rocks on the Gabun.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 11, SLICE 1 "FRANCISCANS" TO "FRENCH LANGUAGE"VARIOUSIt also drains regions of the glacial drift and beds which overlie overturned Miocene strata, and are sometimes mixed with them.
THE DIATOMACEAE OF PHILADELPHIA AND VICINITYCHARLES SUMNER BOYERThis was a satire upon shams, conventions, the disguises which overlie the most spiritual realities of the soul.
FROM CHAUCER TO TENNYSONHENRY A. BEERSAlso a pair of elements which overlie the position of the external occipital joint.
A GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF FISHES, VOLUME 1 (OF 2)DAVID STARR JORDANThese overlie the bony scutes of armadillos and occur covering the tail in several groups of mammals, such as beavers and rats.
THE VERTEBRATE SKELETONSIDNEY H. REYNOLDSWORDS RELATED TO OVERLIE
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