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unconformity

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un⋅con⋅form⋅i⋅ty

  [uhn-kuhn-fawr-mi-tee]
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–noun, plural -ties.
1. lack of conformity; incongruity; inconsistency.
2. Geology.
a. a discontinuity in rock sequence indicating interruption of sedimentation, commonly accompanied by erosion of rocks below the break.
b. the interface between such strata.
Origin:
1590–1600; un- 1 + conformity
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un·con·for·mi·ty   (ŭn'kən-fôr'mĭ-tē)   
n.   pl. un·con·for·mi·ties

  1. Lack of conformity; nonconformity.

  2. Geology A surface between successive strata representing a missing interval in the geologic record of time, and produced either by an interruption in deposition or by the erosion of depositionally continuous strata followed by renewed deposition.

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