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Definition of Unconformably

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...
- 47 Ma). Its geographic range is restricted to the Messel pit. There it unconformably overlies crystalline Variscan ba****t and its Permian cover (Rotliegend)...
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- of the Lewisian complex, unconformably overlain by the Neoproterozoic Torridonian sediments, which in turn are unconformably overlain by a sequence of...
- 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 limestones overlie Middle Cambrian shales and sandstones resting unconformably on late Precambrian sedimentary strata of the Belt Supergroup. The highest...
- Basin, or Caroni Syncline, consisting of Tertiary sedimentary rocks unconformably overlying Jur****ic and Cretaceous sedimentary rocks. South of this basin...
- rocks consist of quartzite, schist, and granite, and rocks are overlain unconformably by younger Paleozoic units. Little is known about the stratigraphy of...
- the closure of the Iapetus Ocean. Silurian clastic sedimentary rocks unconformably overly the ophiolite and granite intruded the area during the Devonian...
- the northeast. They lie unconformably on the Archaean to Paleoproterozoic ba****t rocks of the Lewisian complex and unconformably beneath the Cambrian to...