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unconformity
noun pl. unconformities
- a lack of conformity; inconsistency; incongruity
- Geol.
- a break in the continuity of rock strata in contact, separating younger from older rocks and usually resulting from erosion of the surface of the older bed before the younger bed was laid down
- the surface of contact between such strata
See unconformity in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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