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nonconformity

[¦nän·kən′fȯr·məd·ē]
(geology)
A type of unconformity in which rocks below the surface of unconformity are either igneous or metamorphic.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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