Unconformability

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or state of being unconformable. uncountable
  2. 2
    Lack of parallelism between one series of strata and another, especially when due to a disturbance of the position of the earlier strata before the latter were deposited. uncountable

Etymology

From un- + conformability.

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