unconformable
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I’m always going to talk about what makes people unconformable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2025
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.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 9, 2020
In America, therefore, the lowest Tertiary strata appear to rest conformably upon the highest Cretaceous; whereas in Europe, the succession at this point is invariably an unconformable one.
From The Ancient Life History of the Earth A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science by Nicholson, Henry Alleyne
I observed here that the travertin was unconformable to the lacustrine beds, its inclination according with the slope of the sides of the valley.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
Along the Atlantic coast the Mesozoic peneplain may be traced shoreward to where it disappears from view beneath an unconformable cover of early Tertiary marine strata.
From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon
