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What does overlie mean?

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  1. To lie over or upon
  2. (transitive) To suffocate by lying upon
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Both overlie a pronounced angular unconformity and both are predominantly fluvial deposits.
Marls and limestones with fossils of an Eocene facies overlie the Cretaceous rocks on the Gabun.
Despite the density of burials in the immediate area, no interments overlie the stone pavement.
Wetlands may overlie important groundwater aquifers, especially on moraines, eskers, and fluvioglacial deposits.
Typically they overlie pressure areas, including elbows, fingers, and Achilles, ischial, and sacral prominences.
Interadambulacral contact facets lie beneath the ambulacral and overlie tissue depressions for the longitudinal muscles that lower the arm.

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