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Finally, mangrove vegetation recolonized the area and the overlying soil developed.
Similar sediments, overlying a laterite soil and an associated silcrete horizon, are known from the Sidmouth area.
The margins were expansile and located within a few millimeters of the overlying epithelium.
As the cracks widen, sand, grit, and small rocks from the overlying rubble trickle down into the fractures.
The overlying limestones and tuffs were deposited in shallow water as indicated by the rich shelly fauna.
If a break occurred in the skin overlying the fracture, it must be considered an open fracture, necessitating orthopedic referral.
This is because fluorescence at this wavelength is strongly absorbed by chlorophyll within the overlying cells.
The waist was small and tapered into a V, and the skirt flared out slightly, with filmy layers overlying the dress.
Histologic examination of the biopsy tissue revealed skin overlying a fistulous space with a papillary surface.
This member grades upwards into greenish mudstones and greenish-yellow, fine-grained sandstones of the overlying Cuarcitas Azules Member.
These self-organized patterns result from the effects of freezing and thawing on layers of stone and soil overlying permafrost.
At several localities a west-verging footwall syncline has developed as a consequence of westward transport on the overlying thrust sheet.
Oral cholecystography is used when patients are obese and have a large amount of overlying bowel gas which makes ultrasonography more difficult.
The lesions were palpable, did not blanch on pressure, and had no overlying warmth or tenderness.
In mammals, the components are incorporated into the thin overlying pallium to form a laminated neocortex.
Biopsies of the epiglottic mass showed fragments of a superficially ulcerated lesion overlying a dense histiocytic infiltrate.
Intraorally, the soft tissue overlying the area in question appeared normal and firm on palpation.
The bottom liner of a landfill has, as a minimum, a drainage layer overlying a moisture-barrier layer of compacted clay.
North of it lies a more permeable medium in the form of sand and gravel overlying silty clay with gravel.
The adjacent cerebral parenchyma and overlying ependyma revealed no discrete inflammation or vasculitis.
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The upper end of the lower radial fragment, shown as overlying the ulna, is inclined forward in the anatomical position.
The caliche is then separated by means of picks from the overlying costra and carried to the refinery.
In the human skull, overlying the nasal cavity, there are two thin plates of bone perforated with numerous small apertures.
The red of nature had come into her cheeks and fought there with the overlying hue of art.
And no proof has been made from the nature or depth of the overlying deposits.
Below this surface soil is a stratum of sand, overlying the gravelly beds below and passing into the surface soil just mentioned.
The fossils it bears are usually of species which swam in the overlying water and came to the bottom after death.
It may be injected into the overlying strata in the form of dikes, or it may be blown forth into the air through volcanoes.
Its great wealth is its deep black humus varying in depth from ten inches to three feet, overlying a warm subsoil.
Cov' ERT, a feather overlying the base of the large feathers of the wing or tail.
Infection may also occur from eczema or from excoriation of the overlying skin.
Adhesions form rapidly, binding together the surface of the brain, meninges, and the overlying bone.
Her large prominent eyes are fixed upon Jim as she speaks with a sort of knowingness overlying their former lugubrious expression.
The overlying bone is afterwards removed from below upwards until the thrombosed area is reached.
However, a deeper malformation occasionally may simply distort the overlying tissues, giving the impression of a tumor or other growth.
The water, as it plunges down, undermines the overlying rock.
They are of older date than the overlying and undisturbed coal-measures.
Light was in his face, overlying the flush of simple passions.
The beds overlying the boulder-clay are evidently of lacustrine origin.
Additional significant contingent resources remain in the overlying Mardie Greensand reservoir.
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