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Strata vs Unconformability - What's the difference?

strata | unconformability |

As nouns the difference between strata and unconformability

is that strata is while unconformability is (geology) the quality or state of being unconformable.

strata

English

Noun

(head)

    • Derived terms

    * stratabound

    Anagrams

    * ----

    unconformability

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (geology) The quality or state of being unconformable.
  • (geology) 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.
    • (Webster 1913)