A Buttress Unconformity is a stratigraphic unconformity characterized by the progressive onlapping of sedimentary beds onto an irregular, erosional surface where older, tilted strata are truncated and buttressed by younger, horizontally deposited layers, distinguishing it from other unconformities by its distinct structural support and geometry at the contact.
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Paul J. Umhoefer, Tobías Schwennicke, Maya T. Del Margo et al. · Basin Research · 2007 · 37 citations
The function and formation of buttresses
A. Roland Ennos · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 1993 · 33 citations
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Stanford University
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