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Unconformably
Unconformable Un`con*form"a*ble, a. 1. Not conformable; not agreeable; not conforming. Moral evil is an action unconformable to it [the rule of our duty]. --I. Watts. 2. (Geol.) Not conformable; not lying in a parallel position; as, unconformable strata. -- Un`con*form"a*ble*ness, n. -- Un`con*form"a*bly, adv.

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- An unconformity is a buried erosional or non-depositional surface separating two rock m****es or strata of different ages, indicating that sediment deposition...
- of the Lewisian complex, unconformably overlain by the Neoproterozoic Torridonian sediments, which in turn are unconformably overlain by a sequence of...
- formations. It lies unconformably on the underlying Archaean to Paleoproterozoic age gneisses of the Lewisian complex and is in turn unconformably overlain by...
- and Pegwell Bay for the lower part. It lies unconformably on the Late Cretaceous Chalk Group. It unconformably underlies the Lambeth Group, generally the...
- the closure of the Iapetus Ocean. Silurian clastic sedimentary rocks unconformably overly the ophiolite and granite intruded the area during the Devonian...
- the limestones overlie Middle Cambrian shales and sandstones resting unconformably on late Precambrian sedimentary strata of the Belt Supergroup. The highest...
- 47 Ma). Its geographic range is restricted to the Messel pit. There it unconformably overlies crystalline Variscan ba****t and its Permian cover (Rotliegend)...
- fault, Paleozoic ba****t rocks are interluded by plutones and both are unconformably covered in a sedimentary sequence. To the east of the Alpine Fault are...
- Permian age that are found in Southern Scotland. The sequence sits unconformably either on rocks of lower Paleozoic age or Carboniferous strata. The...
- the southwestern part of Mainland, this sequence can be seen to rest unconformably on a Moinian type metamorphic ba****t. Metamorphic rocks are exposed...