Definition
A geological surface where rock layers of different ages meet without proper alignment, usually caused by erosion or tilting of earlier rocks.
Etymology
From dis- (negation) + conformity (agreement, matching), developed as a geological term in the 19th century to describe specific types of erosional surfaces in rock sequences.
Kelly Says
Disconformities were crucial to early geologists' understanding that Earth was much older than previously thought—they proved that entire chunks of time had been erased by erosion, revealing an ancient history layer by layer.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ማይ相አይ
ma-i-sa-ha-ai
BNবাংলা
অসঙ্গতি
os-san-giti
CACatalà
desacord
de-sa-kord
CSČeština
nesouhlas
ne-sou-hlas
DADansk
manglende overensstemmelse
man-glen-de over-en-stem-melse
DEDeutsch
Nichtübereinstimmung
nicht-yoo-ber-ein-stim-ung
ELΕλληνικά
ανωμαλία
a-no-ma-li-a
ESEspañol
disconformidad
dis-kon-for-mi-dad
FISuomi
epäyhtymys
e-pä-yht-ymys
FRFrançais
déconformité
de-kon-for-mi-te
GUGU
સંગત નહીં
sang-at na-hee
HEעברית
אי-התאמה
i-hit-a-ma
HUMagyar
inkonzisztencia
in-kon-zis-ten-cia
IDBahasa Indonesia
tidak sesuai
tidak-se-suai
ITItaliano
disconformità
di-skon-for-mi-ta
KMKM
មិនសម្រប
min-sam-rap
MRMR
असंगतता
as-an-gat-ta
MSBahasa Melayu
tidak sepadan
tidak-se-pa-dan
NLNederlands
niet-overeenstemming
niet-oo-ver-en-stem-ming
NONorsk
manglende samsvar
man-glen-de sam-svar
PLPolski
niedopasowanie
n-ie-do-pa-so-wa-nie
PTPortuguês
desconformidade
des-kon-for-mi-dad
RORomână
inconsecvență
in-kon-se-ven-ță
RUРусский
несоответствие
ne-so-ot-vet-st-vie
SVSvenska
missvissthet
miss-vis-st-het
SWKiswahili
kutokubaliana
ku-to-ku-ba-li-a-na
TAதமிழ்
சொல்லுக்கெட்டியல்
sol-lu-kke-tti-yal
TEతెలుగు
అసమతుల్యత
as-a-mat-u-ly-ta
THไทย
ความไม่สอดคล้อง
kwan-muai-soat-klong
TLTL
pagkakasalungat
pa-ga-ka-sa-lung-at
TRTürkçe
uyumsuzluk
oo-yum-suz-luk
UKУкраїнська
невідповідність
ne-vid-po-vid-nist
VITiếng Việt
mâu thuẫn
mau-thu-an
ZUZU
ukungalingani
u-ku-ng-a-li-ng-a-ni