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unconformity

un·con·for·mi·ty [ ùnkən fáwrmətee ] (plural un·con·form·i·ties)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. lack of conformity: behavior or thinking that refuses to follow conventional social prescriptions

2. geology break in continuity in sedimentary rocks: a break in the continuity of sedimentary rocks resulting from erosion or cessation of deposition

3. geology surface between mismatched strata: the contact surface between two unconformable strata, often marked by angular discordance

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