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What are unconformities?

What are unconformities? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (geology) plural of unconformity
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However, they cannot be relied upon to find smaller and less obvious traps and unconformities in the stratigraphic arrangement of rock layers that may harbour petroleum reservoirs.
Light and heavy oil occurrences in these plays are trapped below unconformities at the northeast truncation of shelf carbonate deposits and in outliers.
Local unconformities and deposition in the foreland basin and intra-mountain synclinal basins occurred in discrete phases.
Low-angle unconformities can be observed between the Triassic and Jurassic rocks at outcrop scale.
I can believe the widespread flowing water part, but did this flowing water excavate channels and valleys or create unconformities over a long period of time?
Showings related to unconformities, some of which are similar to the Athabasca-style deposits.

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