unconformity
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An unconformity: At Mount Stimson, the rover identified from sol 980 a thick sandstone unit overlying the lake deposits, separated by a geological feature called an unconformity.
From BBC
This unconformity represents a time where erosive processes took over after millions of years when the lake had finally dried up - to form a new land surface.
From BBC
These desert-formed sandstones sit above an unconformity, and this suggests that after a long period with a humid climate, the climate became drier and wind became the dominant agent shaping the environment at Gale Crater.
From BBC
She’s revising a manuscript describing an unconformity in the sedimentary layers of Mount Sharp, within the Gale crater, a record of the alternating wet-dry cycles on the planet.
From Science Magazine
There are festivals that deliberately engage with the idea of the darkness of this place: the overtly macabre Dark Mofo; the Unconformity arts festival in Queenstown; and my own horror film festival, Stranger With My Face, featuring the Tasmanian Gothic Short Script Challenge.
From The Guardian
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