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)

Discharging Arch Discharging Arch, an arch formed in the substance of a wall to relieve the part which is below it from the superincumbent weight.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

This, we know, is owing to the weight of the superincumbent atmosphere, there being a heavier burden at the surface than at any height above it.

From Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. by Rhodes, W. H. (William Henry)

The material of the bank being loosened by blasting and the cutting action of the water, crumbles into holes, and the superincumbent mass, often with large trees and stones, falls into the lower ground.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

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