unconformable
adjective
not conformable; not conforming.
unconformability
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a word derived from
unconformable.
Example Sentences
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In lithological characters the two may closely resemble each other, and there may be nothing to show that the gap represented by their unconformability is of an important character.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
How does unconformability prove a lapse of time between the accumulation of the underlying and overlying strata?
From Geology by James Geikie
Sometimes these are distinguished by what is termed unconformability, that is, the lower series has been disturbed or inclined before the upper has been deposited upon it.
From The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants by Sir J. William Dawson
That the subterranean forces have visited different parts of the globe at successive periods is inferred chiefly from the unconformability of strata belonging to groups of different ages.
From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various
The need for this caution may sometimes be made evident by an unconformability between two sets of rocks, as has already been explained.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
