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Great Unconformity, an Uncommon card
The Great Unconformity is the unconformity observed by John Wesley Powell in the Grand Canyon in 1869.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 42
- Power
- 102
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 80,000
Power 102 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Great Unconformity quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Great Unconformity card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is an ______ example of relatively young sedimentary rock strata overlying much older sedimentary or crystalline strata.
Answer
exceptional. It is an exceptional example of relatively young sedimentary rock strata overlying much older sedimentary or crystalline strata. From the Great Unconformity article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The Great Unconformity is the unconformity observed by John Wesley Powell in the Grand Canyon in ____.
Answer
1860s. The Great Unconformity is the unconformity observed by John Wesley Powell in the Grand Canyon in 1869. From the Great Unconformity article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It is an exceptional example of relatively young sedimentary rock strata overlying much older sedimentary or crystalline strata.
- The intervening period of geologic time is sufficiently long to raise the earlier rock into mountains which are then eroded away.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Great Unconformity article was read about 80,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 60 and blocks with 42: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Great Unconformity
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Great Unconformity (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service Natural Resource Stewardship and Sci, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
