Contact Type
unconformable contact
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 | ||||||||||||||||