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UNCONFORMITIES
Noun
unconformities
(geology) plural of unconformity
Source: Wiktionary
UNCONFORMITY
Un`con*form"i*ty, n.
1. Want of conformity; incongruity; inconsistency. South.
2. (Geol.)
Definition: Want of parallelism between strata in contact.
Note: With some authors unconformity is equivalent to unconformability; but it is often used more broadly, for example, to include the case when the parallelism of strata once conformable has been disturbed by faulting and the like.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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