Unconformity|不整合:兩層岩石可以直接貼在一起,中間卻缺掉一大段地質時間
WHAT 這是什麼
An unconformity is a surface that separates rock units of different ages and represents a gap in the geologic record caused by erosion or a period of nondeposition. National Park Service examples show younger strata resting directly on older rocks even though a substantial interval of time is missing between them.
WHY HERE 為什麼屬於底域的世界
它讓「什麼都沒有」成為地質證據:缺失的岩層本身就是事件,代表一段時間曾被侵蝕掉、沒有沉積,或兩者交替發生。
BLIND SPOT 補了哪一塊少看的視角
不整合有 angular unconformity、disconformity、nonconformity 等不同類型;實際缺失多久通常需要區域地層與定年資料,不能只看接觸面猜。