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INTRAFORMATIONAL UNCONFORMITY [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
OBS

intraformational: Formed or existing within a geologic formation, or originating more or less contemporaneously with the enclosing geologic formation.

OBS

unconformity: A substantial break or gap in the geologic record where a rock unit is overlain by another that is not next in stratigraphic succession ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
CONT

Cependant, comme on peut l'observer dans les chaînes plus récentes, on s'aperçoit qu'il y a souvent des discordances intraformationnelles, avec développement de conglomérats, qui ne signifient pas autre chose que l'existence de phases locales d'orogénèse.

Spanish

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