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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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These often overlie distal bayhead delta mouthbar facies, and commonly have a sharp erosive base.
Interadambulacral contact facets lie beneath the ambulacral and overlie tissue depressions for the longitudinal muscles that lower the arm.
Marls and limestones with fossils of an Eocene facies overlie the Cretaceous rocks on the Gabun.
Uppermost Permian and Triassic terrestrial sediments conformably overlie the terminal volcanic rocks.
This tidal delta origin is also supported by the observation that the succession does not overlie any regional incision surface.
One or more additional layers of shorter feathers may overlie the proximal parts of the flight primaries and secondaries.

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