http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/contacttype/unconformable_contact
definition | A contact separating two geological units in which the younger unit succeeds the older after a substantial hiatus in deposition. | ![]() |
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source | Neuendorf, K.K.E, Mehl, J.P. & Jackson, J.A. (eds), 2005. Glossary of geology, 5th Edition. American Geological Institute, Alexandria, 779 p. | ![]() |
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in scheme | contacttype | ||||||||||||||||
is primary topic of | unconformable contact |