Thesaurus / unconformity
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synonyms for unconformity
- change
- characteristic
- contrast
- discrepancy
- disparity
- distinction
- divergence
- diversity
- inequality
- variation
- aberration
- alteration
- anomaly
- antithesis
- asymmetry
- contrariety
- contrariness
- departure
- deviation
- digression
- exception
- heterogeneity
- idiosyncrasy
- irregularity
- nonconformity
- opposition
- particularity
- peculiarity
- separateness
- separation
- singularity
- unlikeness
- variance
- variety
- discongruity
- dissemblance
- unorthodoxness
- abnormality
- anomaly
- malfunction
- allowance
- characteristic
- deviation
- dispensation
- eccentricity
- exception
- excess
- exemption
- innovation
- laxity
- looseness
- malformation
- nonconformity
- oddity
- peculiarity
- privilege
- quirk
- rarity
- singularity
- strangeness
- uniqueness
- unorthodoxy
- aberration
- alteration
- anomaly
- antithesis
- asymmetry
- change
- characteristic
- contrariety
- contrariness
- contrast
- departure
- deviation
- digression
- discrepancy
- disparity
- dissimilarity
- dissimilitude
- distinction
- divarication
- divergence
- divergency
- diversity
- exception
- heterogeneity
- idiosyncrasy
- inequality
- irregularity
- nonconformity
- opposition
- particularity
- peculiarity
- separateness
- separation
- singularity
- variance
- variation
- variety
- discongruity
- discrepance
- dissemblance
- unorthodoxness
- abnormality
- alteration
- change
- deviation
- discrepancy
- disparity
- divergence
- diversity
- fluctuation
- innovation
- modification
- mutation
- shift
- variety
- aberration
- adaptation
- bend
- break
- contradistinction
- contrast
- curve
- deflection
- departure
- digression
- displacement
- dissimilarity
- dissimilitude
- distinction
- diversification
- exception
- inequality
- novelty
- swerve
- turn
- departure from the norm
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antonyms for unconformity
MOST RELEVANT
- agreement
- compatibility
- conformity
- equality
- harmony
- likeness
- normality
- regularity
- sameness
- similarity
- uniformity
- usualness
- agreement
- harmony
- sameness
- similarity
- stagnation
- uniformity
- conformity
- continuation
- equality
- likeness
- line
- normality
- regularity
- root
- source
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How to use unconformity in a sentence
An unconformity thus records movements of the crust and a consequent break in the deposition of the strata.
THE ELEMENTS OF GEOLOGYWILLIAM HARMON NORTONAs shown in Figure 207, a strong unconformity (nm´, Fig. 207) parts the schists and the Algonkian.
THE ELEMENTS OF GEOLOGYWILLIAM HARMON NORTONSuch an erosion surface, called an “unconformity,” marks a gap in the geological record of the district where it occurs.
GEOLOGYWILLIAM J. MILLERAn unconformity may indicate that the beds below it have at some time been raised above the sea and have been eroded.
GEOLOGYWILLIAM J. MILLERIf beds of rock may be regarded as leaves in the volume of geologic history, an unconformity marks a gap in the record.
GEOLOGYWILLIAM J. MILLERAnd if the unconformity be widespread, the lost interval is correspondingly great.
APPLETONS' POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY, VOL. 56, MARCH 1900VARIOUSAt Llandovery they rest unconformably upon Ordovician rocks (Bala), but in many other places no unconformity is traceable.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 16, SLICE 7VARIOUSA marked unconformity is found locally in the centre of these.
THE PRINCIPLES OF STRATIGRAPHICAL GEOLOGYJ. E. MARRThey are separable into a lower and upper division with an unconformity often occurring between them.
THE PRINCIPLES OF STRATIGRAPHICAL GEOLOGYJ. E. MARRNot far from North Grimston there must evidently be great unconformity of strata.
ON THE RED CHALK OF ENGLANDTHOMAS WILTSHIREWORDS RELATED TO UNCONFORMITY
- aberration
- alteration
- anomaly
- antithesis
- asymmetry
- change
- characteristic
- contrariety
- contrariness
- contrast
- departure
- deviation
- digression
- discongruity
- discrepancy
- disparity
- dissemblance
- distinction
- divergence
- diversity
- exception
- heterogeneity
- idiosyncrasy
- inequality
- irregularity
- nonconformity
- opposition
- particularity
- peculiarity
- separateness
- separation
- singularity
- unconformity
- unlikeness
- unorthodoxness
- variance
- variation
- variety
- arguments
- beeves
- blowups
- bone to picks
- brannigans
- brawls
- brush-offs
- brushes
- catamarans
- clashes
- conflicts
- contentions
- contrarieties
- contretemps
- controversies
- debates
- disaccords
- disagreements
- discordances
- discords
- disputes
- dissensions
- dissent
- dissidence
- disunity
- dustups
- estrangements
- hassles
- quarrels
- rows
- run-ins
- scraps
- set-tos
- spats
- strife
- tiffs
- variances
- words
- wrangles
- aberration
- alteration
- anomaly
- antithesis
- asymmetry
- change
- characteristic
- contrariety
- contrariness
- contrast
- departure
- deviation
- digression
- discongruity
- discrepance
- discrepancy
- disparity
- dissemblance
- dissimilarity
- dissimilitude
- distinction
- divarication
- divergence
- divergency
- diversity
- exception
- heterogeneity
- idiosyncrasy
- inequality
- irregularity
- nonconformity
- opposition
- particularity
- peculiarity
- separateness
- separation
- singularity
- unconformity
- unorthodoxness
- variance
- variation
- variety
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