paraconformity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of unconformity in which strata are parallel; there is no apparent erosion and the unconformity surface resembles a simple bedding plane.

Word forms

paraconformity paraconformities

Etymology

From para- + conformity.

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