This cliff features great exposure of layered strata and a possible unconformity. Unconformities are a type of geologic contact (a boundary between rocks) caused by a period of erosion or a pause in sediment accumulation, followed by a renewed deposition of sediments. In other words, an unconformity is a break in time in an otherwise continuous rock record.

ID: ESP_065220_1490
date: 25 June 2020
altitude: 256 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_065220_1490
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