Sentence examples for were overlain by from inspiring English sources

Most of the excavated terrace structures or features containing in situ cultural material were overlain by substantial soil deposits that had washed down or accumulated over many years.

Metachert horizons are spatially associated with antigorite schist bodies so that the inferred ocean floor stratigraphy was one where serpentinized mantle rocks were overlain by basalt and chert successively.

Of the 405 disruptions, 350 (86.4%) were overlain by ER-negative cell clusters and 55 (13.6%) were overlain by ER-positive cell clusters (Table 2).

Of the 405 disruptions, 350 (86.4%) were overlain by ER-negative cell clusters and 55 (13.6%) were overlain by ER-positive cell clusters (P < 0.01).

Subjacent epidermis was atrophied; acanthotic septae and papillary projections were overlain by orthokeratotic spires separating pouches.

Although more than 86% of the myoepithelial cell layer disruptions were overlain by ER-negative cell clusters, nearly 14% of the disruptions were subjacent to ER-positive cell clusters.

Vesta's core is overlain by a rocky mantle.

The core is overlain by the ocean and icy crust.

These strata are overlain by the Pleistocene Ironshore Formation.

Elsewhere the Central Russian Upland is overlain by deep deposits of clays, limestones, and sands.

In places the coral is overlain by shallow red earth or alluvium.