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At the base of the erosional hollow, an inlier of Jurassic rocks crops out below the late Cimmerian unconformity.
Sandstone-filled cracks exposed at the unconformity are viewed as periglacial frost fissures.
The Base Balder Formation unconformity forms a highly undulating, structured seismic reflector.
Data on a systemic boundary unconformity on the west Newfoundland shelf are more problematic.
Extensional faults are planed by a regional unconformity that is overstepped by Permian to Cretaceous strata.
The syn-rift succession overlies Eocene to Oligocene pre-rift strata with an angular unconformity.
The unconformity surface is overlain by sandstone, reworked chalk or tuff, and represents submarine or subaerial erosion and missing section.
Both overlie a pronounced angular unconformity and both are predominantly fluvial deposits.
Van Dijk et al. emphasized the absence of deep erosional incision in the geometry of the unconformity.
That unconformity is overlain by sandstones of the Puentelles Formation, dated as late Kasimovian based on its fossil flora.
You still get men wearing hats now but it's almost a sign of unconformity for a young man to wear a hat apart from baseball hats.
The stratal geometries that are characteristic of the unconformity depend strongly on structural and geographical position within the basin.
He stated that a well-defined parting surface, such as a bedding plane or unconformity, is a prerequisite for the site of intrusion of a concordant sill.
The recognition of an orogenic unconformity at the base of the Easdale Subgroup allows for a more realistic overall interpretation of Dalradian stratigraphy.
Mapping at and near the contact revealed that it is an unconformity and not a fault as shown on existing maps.
An unconformity is a lack of geological conformity that exists when there is a gap in the expected rock strata.
Nobleton seismic reflectioin profile shows bedrock, and complex valley fill stratigraphy truncated by the Late Wisconsinan regional unconformity.
The primary controlling factor for these reservoirs is the pre-Cretaceous unconformity surface.
A full Jurassic succession is rarely preserved in the southern North Sea Basin because of erosion associated with the late Cimmerian unconformity.
Another geochronologist on the team has dated two volcanic layers above the unconformity, and they consistently date to just over 2.8 billion years.
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Examples from Classical Literature
They are separable into a lower and upper division with an unconformity often occurring between them.
An unconformity thus records movements of the crust and a consequent break in the deposition of the strata.
An unconformity may indicate that the beds below it have at some time been raised above the sea and have been eroded.
If beds of rock may be regarded as leaves in the volume of geologic history, an unconformity marks a gap in the record.
And if the unconformity be widespread, the lost interval is correspondingly great.
At Llandovery they rest unconformably upon Ordovician rocks, but in many other places no unconformity is traceable.
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