unconformity
11unconformity — noun a) A lack of conformity. b) A gap in time in rock strata, where erosion occurs while deposition slows or stops. See Also: nonconformity …
12unconformity — A fossil land surface representing the absence of a sequence of sediments [16] …
13unconformity — A substantial break or gap in the geologic record where a unit is overlain by another that is not in stratigraphic succession. Compare: conformity, discontinuity. GG …
14unconformity — n. nonconformity, lack of accordance with general standards; lack of continuity between strata of sediment (indicating that the rate of deposition was not constant) …
15unconformity — ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY GLOSSARY A substantial break or gap in the geologic record where a rock unit is overlain by another that is not next in stratigraphic sucession, such as an interruption in continuity of a depositional sequence of… …
16unconformity — noun Geology a surface of contact between two groups of unconformable strata. ↘the condition of being unconformable …
17unconformity — n incongruity, inappropriateness, inaptness, inappositeness, unsuitability, unfitness; impropriety, unseemliness, indecorum; disharmony, disparity, divergence, diversity, difference, dissimilarity; inconsistency, contradiction, contrariety;… …
18unconformity — un·conformity …
19unconformity — un•con•form•i•ty [[t]ˌʌn kənˈfɔr mɪ ti[/t]] n. pl. ties 1) lack of conformity; incongruity; inconsistency 2) gel Geol. a discontinuity in a stratigraphic sequence • Etymology: 1590–1600 …
20unconformity — /ʌnkənˈfɔməti/ (say unkuhn fawmuhtee) noun (plural unconformities) 1. lack of conformity; incongruity; inconsistency. 2. Geology a. a discontinuity in rock sequence denoting interruption of sedimentation, commonly accompanied by erosion of rocks… …
