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The phrase "surface layer of" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe the topmost layer of a material or substance, often in scientific or technical contexts. Example: "The surface layer of the ocean is warmer than the deeper waters due to sunlight exposure."
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The laser pulse melts only the surface layer of silicon.
Photic zone, surface layer of the ocean that receives sunlight.
Sinkholes are created when the surface layer of the ground collapses.
Beneath a surface layer of unbelief or Orthodox Christianity, Russia is an animist country.
Marra, J. & Barber, R. T. Phytoplankton and heterotrophic respiration in the surface layer of the ocean.
Lime is applied by mixing it uniformly with the surface layer of the soil.
The epidermis, or surface layer of the skin, is recycled every two weeks or so.
At red heat, silicon is attacked by water vapour or by oxygen, forming a surface layer of silicon dioxide.
The forest vegetation provides a surface layer of highly acidic raw humus that decomposes slowly, producing humic acids.
His prediction was confirmed by recordings of the behaviour of waves in the surface layer of the Earth.
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Scheuring, S. et al. Charting and unzipping the surface-layer of Corynebacterium glutamicum with the atomic force microscope.
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