unconformability
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
unconformability (uncountable)
- The quality or state of being unconformable.
- (geology) 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.
References[edit]
- “unconformability”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.