See Also: unconformity(medicine)
unconformity(dictionary)

unconformity (iou)



unconformity noun. L16.
[from UN-1 + CONFORMITY.]
Lack of conformity (to). L16.
= NONCONFORMITY 1. M-L17.
Geology. A large break in the geological record, observable as the overlying of rocks by younger rocks which would not normally succeed them directly and which may have a different direction or plane of stratification. E19.
b. An instance of this; the surface of contact between two groups of unconformable strata. M19.