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Unconformity

Unconformity. Unconformity. It is one of the most common geological feature found in rocks or in succession. It is different then all other geological structures viz. the fold, joints and faults Unconformities are resulted due to tectonic activity in form of uplift or subsidence of land

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Unconformity

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  1. Unconformity

  2. Unconformity • It is one of the most common geological feature found in rocks or in succession. • It is different then all other geological structures viz. the fold, joints and faults • Unconformities are resulted due to tectonic activity in form of uplift or subsidence of land • It is referred to a period of non-deposition

  3. The fundamental "laws" of stratigraphy, formulated in the 17th Century by Nicolas Steno, is the law of Original Horizontality, which is known as Conformity • That is, any deposition when takes place is totally in horizontal fashion • Later due to tectonic movement the layers or beds are tilted(except in case of cross-bedding- which are formed under fluvial (riverine) or aeolian (wind) environment.

  4. Reasons for Unconformities • Formation of unconformity involves: • Horizontal or conformable strata or beds are formed • Break in sedimentation or deposition • Happens due to tectonic movements, that causes uplift or subsidence of land surface • Next phase of Deposition or sedimentation cycle, where new sedimentation produce another set of conformable beds

  5. Types of Unconformities • Non-conformity • When the underlying rocks are Igneous or Metamorphic (i.e. unstratified) and the overlying younger rocks are sedimentary (stratified) = Non-conformity • Disconformity • When the underlying (older) and overlying (younger) sedimentary rock strata are parallel and the contact plane is an erosional surface= Disconformity

  6. Angular unconformity • When the underlying (older) rocks and overlying (younger) rock strata show some angle w.r.t one another=Angular unconformity

  7. Angular unconformity • This sub-area in northern Chile Showing a geological angular unconformity: a contact between layers of rock at different angles. • On the right side of the image, Cretaceous sediments were tilted upward to an angle of about 50 degrees, then eroded. On this surface volcanic pyroclastic deposits were deposited as a flat sheet. • The section of rocks has been eroding from the east, exposing the tilted and flat rock layers.

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