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  • Understanding Disconformities: Unconformity Between Parallel Rock Layers
    The type of unconformity that exists between parallel layers of sedimentary rock is called a disconformity.

    Here's why:

    * Disconformity: This type of unconformity occurs when layers of sedimentary rock are parallel to each other, but there's a gap in time represented by the unconformity surface. This gap is caused by erosion or non-deposition, which removed older layers before the newer ones were deposited.

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