superincumbent

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The superincumbent mass of earth would crush the strongest metal.

From Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey by Lloyd, John Uri

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

It was buried up in a mass of superincumbent ruins, and was only brought to light in the course of my laborious excavations.

From Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico by Norman, B. M.

The prime feature in Cornish geology is the upheaval of the granite, distorting, folding back, and altering the superincumbent beds.

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

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.