Conformable Strata are beds which lie parallel to each other, the accumulation of the upper strata having followed the deposition of the underlying beds without any break or prolonged interruption. Conformity thus points to a continuity of the same physical conditions.
Conformable Strata
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 411
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