superincumbent

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It was cold when upheaved, tearing apart the superincumbent stratified sedimentary rocks, which disappeared from the summits, and on all sides about these upheavals were twisted, contorted, thrown back, and fissured.

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

Where water penetrated through the crust, solidification took place in the underlying fluid mass, which enlarging in consequence produced rifts in the superincumbent rocks.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various

No water can percolate athwart it, and consequently where it is, there the superincumbent soil is resolved into a quagmire.

From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

With kites, however, the possibility of making frequent and nearly vertical ascents and descents permits observations to be obtained almost simultaneously in superincumbent strata of air.

From Sounding the Ocean of Air by Rotch, A. Lawrence

These boulders have withstood the wreck of ages, but the weather-beaten rocks under them are so worn as here and there to present the appearance of pedestals bearing up the superincumbent masses.

From The South Isles of Aran by Burke, Oliver J.