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unconformable

[ uhn-kuhn-fawr-muh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. not conformable; not conforming.
  2. Geology. indicating discontinuity of any type in a stratigraphic sequence.


unconformable

/ ˌʌ԰əˈɔːəə /

adjective

  1. not conformable or conforming
  2. (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
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Derived Forms

  • ˌܲԳDzˈڴǰ, adverb
  • ˌܲԳDzˌڴǰˈٲ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܲcDz·ڴǰa·i·ٲ noun
  • ܲcDz·ڴǰa· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of unconformable1

First recorded in 1585–95; un- 1 + conformable
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I’m always going to talk about what makes people unconformable.

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Geologists like to say that New Jersey’s coastal plain sits “unconformably” atop this Paleozoic base.

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It is critical at a time of public health crisis to be aware of the line between panic and preparation, to speak tough and unconformable truths without being alarmist.

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The whole is overlaid unconformably by the younger Tertiaries of Hundes, which are perfectly horizontal and have been quite unaffected by any of the folds.

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The piers of the tower are, as I have said, unmistakably Norman, but upon them are set, quite unconformably, arches at least a century later in date.

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