Synonyms for unconformity
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uhn-kuh n-fawr-mi-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌʌn kənˈfɔr mɪ ti |
Top 10 synonyms for unconformity
- aberration
- adaptation
- allowance
- antithesis
- asymmetry
- bend
- break
- characteristic
- contradistinction
- contrariety
- contrariness
- contrast
- curve
- deflection
- departure
- departure from the norm
- digression
- discongruity
- discrepance
- dispensation
- displacement
- dissemblance
- dissimilarity
- dissimilitude
- distinction
- divarication
- divergency
- diversification
- eccentricity
- exception
- excess
- exemption
- heterogeneity
- idiosyncrasy
- incongruity
- inconsistency
- inequality
- innovation
- irregularity
- laxity
- looseness
- malformation
- malfunction
- modification
- mutation
- nonconformity
- novelty
- oddity
- opposition
- particularity
- peculiarity
- privilege
- quirk
- rarity
- separateness
- separation
- shift
- singularity
- strangeness
- swerve
- turn
- unconformity
- uniqueness
- unlikeness
- unorthodoxness
- unorthodoxy
- variance
- variation
- variety
Définition of unconformity
Origin :- c.1600, from un- (1) "not" + conformity. Geological sense is from 1829.
- As in variation : noun difference; alternative
- As in irregularity : noun something that is irregular
- As in unlikeness : noun difference
- As in difference : noun dissimilarity, distinctness
- As in anomaly : noun deviation from normal, usual
- Either of these events would have produced an unconformity; the two make it more pronounced.
- Extract from : « The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin » by Rollin D. Salisbury
- They are separable into a lower and upper division with an unconformity often occurring between them.
- Extract from : « The Principles of Stratigraphical Geology » by J. E. Marr
- At Llandovery they rest unconformably upon Ordovician rocks (Bala), but in many other places no unconformity is traceable.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 7 » by Various
- An unconformity thus records movements of the crust and a consequent break in the deposition of the strata.
- Extract from : « The Elements of Geology » by William Harmon Norton
- Such an erosion surface, called an “unconformity,” marks a gap in the geological record of the district where it occurs.
- Extract from : « Geology » by William J. Miller
- An unconformity may indicate that the beds below it have at some time been raised above the sea and have been eroded.
- Extract from : « Geology » by William J. Miller
- If beds of rock may be regarded as leaves in the volume of geologic history, an unconformity marks a gap in the record.
- Extract from : « Geology » by William J. Miller
- And if the unconformity be widespread, the lost interval is correspondingly great.
- Extract from : « Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, Vol. 56, March 1900 » by Various
Antonyms for unconformity
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