A disconformity is also called a parallel unconformity. It is a discontinuity surface between two sets of rocks in the same location. It can form due to extensive uplift of land, which is then subject to denudation to form a lacuna and then to extensive sedimentation again upon subsequent subsidence. A disconformity is mainly characterised by the upper and lower rock sequences that are parallel to each other; and, in other words, no crustal movement has occurred. A disconformity is also called a false conformity.
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(2020). Disconformity. In: Chen, A., Ng, Y., Zhang, E., Tian, M. (eds) Dictionary of Geotourism. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2538-0_518
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