1. adj. [Geology]
Pertaining to a hiatus, a cessation in deposition of sediments during which no strata form or an erosional surface forms on the underlying strata; a gap in the rock record. This period might be marked by development of a lithified sediment (hardground) or burrowed surface characteristic of periods when sea level was relatively low. A disconformity can result from a hiatus.
See: conformable, disconformity, eustasy, hardground, lithification, sediment, sequence stratigraphy, stratum, unconformity