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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...
- Basin, or Caroni Syncline, consisting of Tertiary sedimentary rocks unconformably overlying Jur****ic and Cretaceous sedimentary rocks. South of this basin...
- Sarmatia, separated by shallow seas. The sediments deposited in these unconformably overlay Precambrian ba****t rocks. The lack of co****-grained sediments...
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- found along the Front Range of Colorado. To the north, the Formation unconformably overlies Precambrian granite and gneiss. To the south, it overlies Mississippian...
- Eday Group that is up to 800 metres (870 yd) thick in places. It lies unconformably upon steeply inclined flagstones, the interpretation of which is a matter...
- Australia: Uranium mineralised Cahill Formation as visible in the pit is unconformably overlain by Kombolgie Sandstone forming the mountains in the background...
- rocks consist of quartzite, schist, and granite, and rocks are overlain unconformably by younger Paleozoic units. Little is known about the stratigraphy of...
- has been pushed along the thrust fault and now lies above younger well-bedded Cambrian quartzite, which itself lies unconformably above Lewisian gneiss...
- period. They consist for the most part of glacial drift, deposited unconformably on an underlying rock surface of moderate or small relief. Here, the...