English Explanatory Dictionary

unconformability

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quality or state of being unconformable.
  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.

Word forms

unconformability

Etymology

From un- + conformability.

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