superstratum
Example Sentences
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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
The soil is generally deep, more or less yellow, and somewhat clayey; the hollows having a thin superstratum of black mould.
From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by William Griffith
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
It was composed of granite at the base and capped with horizontal strata of sandstone, some of the beds containing large water-worn pebbles, and the superstratum highly ferruginous.
From Journals of Australian Explorations by Augustus Charles Gregory
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
