Sentence examples for is overlain with from inspiring English sources

The plateau is overlain with sandstones and shales that in the south form the extensive Rupununi Savanna region.

The floodplain of the Yangtze below the Three Gorges (the point where the river cuts through the Wu Mountains to empty onto the Hubei Plain) is overlain with a thick cover of noncalcareous alluvium.

The terminal end of the intake is overlain with marine mattresses with filtration media sachets.

This surface is overlain with an outcrop photo and serves as reference frame for digitizing geologic features.

Although the bedrock at KTP is overlain with a shallow weathered rock layer, this material has little or no effect on the long-period waves we are using in this study.

The island is overlain with a fertile layer of boulder clay formed during the Pleistocene glaciations.

Frequently the uplands have been overlain with volcanic ash, as in the Kantō and Tokachi plains.

One map illustrates how data that show 2010 reported cholera cases can be overlain with data on unusual rainfall events in countries where there is limited access to sanitation and clean water.

Consequently, there is a high risk of groundwater contamination if aquifers are overlain with fractured clayey till with properties similar to the till used in this column study.

After incubation at 25°C for 24 h, the plates were overlain with 5 ml of selective agar [0.8 M NaCl, 0.4% w/v) agar, final concentration of 0.25 mg of HygB.ml-1, pH 7.0] and incubated for 3 to 4 weeks at 25°C.

The road itself was designed to be of unbound aggregate that could in the future be overlain with an asphalt surfacing.