unconformity
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An “unconformity” is the geological term for “a discontinuity in the deposition of sediment,” in Raffles’s words.
From New York Times
It echoes James Playfair’s description of the “abyss of time” he glimpsed while viewing a strata unconformity at Siccar Point in 1788, when geology was first emerging as a science.
From The Guardian
An unconformity: At Mount Stimson, the rover identified from sol 980 a thick sandstone unit overlying the lake deposits, separated by a geological feature called an unconformity.
From BBC
This unconformity represents a time where erosive processes took over after millions of years when the lake had finally dried up - to form a new land surface.
From BBC
These desert-formed sandstones sit above an unconformity, and this suggests that after a long period with a humid climate, the climate became drier and wind became the dominant agent shaping the environment at Gale Crater.
From BBC
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