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superjacent

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superjacent [¦sü·pər′jā·sənt]
(geology)
Pertaining to a stratum situated immediately upon or over a particular lower stratum or above an unconformity.


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The UN Conference on the Law of the Sea 1958, and subsequently the UNCLOS, describe the continental shelf as "the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas adjacent to the coast but outside the area of the territorial sea, to a depth of 200 meters, or, beyond that limit, to where the depth of the superjacent waters admits of the exploitation of the natural resources of the said areas.
Coastal-state sovereign rights in the zone are limited to the seabed, its subsoil, and the waters superjacent to the seabed, with one exception--the coastal state has sovereign rights with regard to the production of energy from the winds (UNCLOS article 56).
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