superstratum
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Several pools, supplied by springs coming from under the superstratum of sandstone, were passed during the day.
From Journals of Australian Explorations by Augustus Charles Gregory
After a time the superstratum of rock, which is full of cracks and seams, is undermined and precipitated into the chasm below.
From The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts by George W. Holley
Anne said little to all these things, and preserved a superstratum of calmness on her countenance; but some inner voice seemed to whisper to her that Bob was no more.
From The Trumpet-Major by Thomas Hardy
In what he has to say about the Indians, a subject that lies as a superstratum under his work, he is anxious to hear all that can be said.
From Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
And before she could stop him, he had pounced upon it and pulled it out, upsetting a superstratum of gowns in the process.
From Phebe, Her Profession A Sequel to Teddy: Her Book by Anna Chapin Ray
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