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disconformity

CATEGORY: geology
DEFINITION: A geological term referring to a weathered surface of a soil or rock stratum covered by an overlying stratum. This type of unconformity separates two parallel strata is characterized by the weathered surface of the older stratum and indicates a lapse of time before the deposition of the younger stratum. Its recognition is important in site stratigraphy.

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