superincumbent

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These granitic masses have upheaved the superincumbent beds of stratified rocks, partly melting them.

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

But grasping is not so easy; or rather it is not so easy to pull a fish up through two feet of superincumbent water which opposes the quick passage of the arm.

From The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life by Jefferies, Richard

When a sufficient depth of snow collects upon the earth's surface, the lower portions are squeezed out by the pressure of the superincumbent mass.

From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by Tyndall, John

The ceiling had fallen in, crushed by a great mass of superincumbent earth, and farther progress was utterly impossible.

From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. by Stephens, John L.