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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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Marls and limestones with fossils of an Eocene facies overlie the Cretaceous rocks on the Gabun.
Wetlands may overlie important groundwater aquifers, especially on moraines, eskers, and fluvioglacial deposits.
They also noted that much kaolin is in or near decomposed porphyry bodies that overlie the largest ore shoots in the Leadville Dolomite.
Despite the density of burials in the immediate area, no interments overlie the stone pavement.
Both overlie a pronounced angular unconformity and both are predominantly fluvial deposits.
This tidal delta origin is also supported by the observation that the succession does not overlie any regional incision surface.

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