unconformability

English

Etymology

un- + conformability

Noun

unconformability (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of being unconformable.
  2. (geology) 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.

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