Unconformability

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unconformability \Un`con*form`a*bil"i*ty\, n.
     1. The quality or state of being unconformable;
        unconformableness.
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     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.
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