About The Word Unconformity
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Unconformity
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What's The Definition Of Unconformity?Synonyms | Synonyms for Unconformity: Related Terms | Find terms related to Unconformity: See Also | Unconformity In Webster's Dictionary \Un`con*form"i*ty\, n.
1. Want of conformity; incongruity; inconsistency. --South.
2. (Geol.) 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.
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