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unconformable
[uhn-kuhn-fawr-muh-buhl]
adjective
not conformable; not conforming.
Geology.indicating discontinuity of any type in a stratigraphic sequence.
unconformable
/ ˌʌəˈɔːəə /
adjective
not conformable or conforming
(of rock strata) consisting of a series of younger strata that do not succeed the underlying older rocks in age or in parallel position, as a result of a long period of erosion or nondeposition
Other Word Forms
- unconformability noun
- unconformably adverb
- ˌܲԳDzˈڴǰ adverb
- ˌܲԳDzˌڴǰˈٲ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of unconformable1
Example Sentences
I’m always going to talk about what makes people unconformable.
Geologists like to say that New Jersey’s coastal plain sits “unconformably” atop this Paleozoic base.
It is critical at a time of public health crisis to be aware of the line between panic and preparation, to speak tough and unconformable truths without being alarmist.
The whole is overlaid unconformably by the younger Tertiaries of Hundes, which are perfectly horizontal and have been quite unaffected by any of the folds.
The piers of the tower are, as I have said, unmistakably Norman, but upon them are set, quite unconformably, arches at least a century later in date.
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