'Unconformability' definitions:
Definition of 'Unconformability'
From: GCIDE
- Unconformability \Un`con*form`a*bil"i*ty\, n.
- 1. The quality or state of being unconformable; unconformableness. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Geol.) 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. [1913 Webster]