UNCONFORMITY

Etymology

Noun

unconformity (countable and uncountable, plural unconformities)

(nonstandard) a lack of conformity

(geology) a gap in time in rock strata, where erosion occurs while deposition slows or stops

Synonyms

• (lack of conformity): See also nonuniformity

Source: Wiktionary

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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