subjacent

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Moreover, the movement of the gravel itself wears down the subjacent rocks.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

Close at the margin of the well leaves would decay to skeletons and mummies, which at length some stronger gust would carry clear of the ca�on and scatter in the subjacent woods.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Their sides are deeply covered with sand and clay, arising most probably from the disintegration of the subjacent rocks.

From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John

In from twenty-four to forty-eight hours a quantity of the germinating threads had bored through the walls and penetrated amongst the subjacent cells.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

It was not formed by the disintegration of the subjacent rocks, but by aqueous transport.

From Cornwall by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)