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
Where the widest gaps appear in the sequence of the fossil forms, as between the Permian and Triassic rocks, or between the Cretaceous and Eocene, examples of such unconformability are very frequent.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
Unconformability.—But the most striking evidence of such pauses in the deposition of strata is afforded by the phenomenon called unconformability.
From Geology by James Geikie
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
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
