(geology, physical, _, geography, originally, US) Of a rock formation or other land feature, or its alignment: cutting across or transverse to neighbouring features.
(geology, physical, _, geography, originally, US) Of a rock formation or other land feature, or its alignment: cutting across or transverse to neighbouring features.
Dikes may be discordant to country rock if they intrude at a high angle to the bedding.
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(geology) A fault or crack in a rock.
Having a different center; not concentric.
The American English form of outcrop, referring to a section of bedrock or ore deposit that protrudes above the surface of the ground. Geologists and hikers use both forms interchangeably in North American usage. The -ing form is simply the gerund used as a noun, a common pattern in geological terminology.
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(chiefly, genetics) Of two similar subjects, especially twins: differing in some characteristic.
Dikes may be discordant to country rock if they intrude at a high angle to the bedding.
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Not in accord or harmony; conflicting, incompatible.
Dikes may be discordant to country rock if they intrude at a high angle to the bedding.
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