Unconformities play a crucial role in reconstructing the geologic history of a location.  They provide a distinct time boundary, separating events that occurred before versus after the unconformity.

This is the same block that you saw on the previous screen, but now you can reveal the unconformity and make the block partially transparent.  Does the revealed unconformity look how you imagined it would? 


Rotate block Reveal unconformity

Unconformities Example