An unconformity is

A) a scientific debate between Earth scientists.
B) when younger igneous plutonic rocks are above older sediments.
C) a continuous sequence of sedimentary layers.
D) a gap in an otherwise continuous time-sequence of rock layers.


Answer: D

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