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1. The quality or state of being unconformable; unconformableness. 2. (Geol.) Want of parallelism between one series of strata and another, especially when due to a disturbance of the position of the earlier strata befor…
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- 1. The quality or state of being unconformable; unconformableness. 2. (Geol.) Want of parallelism between one series of strata and another, especially when due to a disturbance of the position of the earlier strata before the latter were deposited.
- Want of parallelism between one series of strata and another,especially when due to a disturbance of the position of the earlierstrata before the latter were deposited.