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unconformable
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un·con·form·a·ble  (nkn-fôrm-bl)
adj.
1. Incapable of conformity; not conforming.
2. Geology Showing unconformity.

uncon·forma·bili·ty n.
uncon·forma·bly adv.

unconformable [ˌʌnkənˈfɔːməbəl]
adj
1. not conformable or conforming
2. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) (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
unconformability , unconformableness n
unconformably  adv
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Adj.1.unconformable - not correspondent; "a description unconformable to previous accounts"
inconsistent - displaying a lack of consistency; "inconsistent statements cannot both be true at the same time"; "inconsistent with the roadmap"
Translations
unconformable
adj
(= incompatible)unvereinbar (with mit)
(= inconsistent)nicht übereinstimmend (to, with mit)
(Geol) layer, stratumdiskordant, nicht gleichstrebend or gleich gelagert
(Rel, Hist) → nonkonformistisch


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Triassic and younger Mesozoic rocks lie unconformably on Carboniferous and older sediments.
Archean metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks are unconformably overlain by Proterozoic rocks of the Huronian Supergroup.
 
 
 
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