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Gap in a rock layers that develop when agents of erosion remove existing Rock layers is

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Gaps in rock layers that develop when agents of erosion remove existing rock layers are called unconformities.
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Answer: unconformity

Step-by-step explanation:

An unconformity is a gap in a rock record that has been caused by weathering or erosion. The name refers to the way they don´t adhere to usual geological expectations.

An exemplary sequence of rocks would have all the strata stack up. If they don´t, the gap between the mismatched strata is an unconformity.

The different kinds of unconformity are angular conformity, disconformity, and nonconformity.

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