unconformability

English

Etymology

un- +‎ conformability

Noun

unconformability (uncountable)

1. The quality or state of being unconformable.
2. (geology) Lack 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.

References

• “unconformability”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.