décollement
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See also: decollement
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French décollement.
Noun
décollement (plural décollements)
- (geology) A gliding plane between two rock masses; a basal detachment fault.
- 1987, Donald J. Orth, Metal Biogeochemistry in Surface-water Systems:
- The décollements occur in near-continuously exposed Upper Devonian to Lower Cretaceous strata in the southern Chandler Lake quadrangle.
French
Etymology
From décoller (“to unstick”) + -ment.
Pronunciation
Noun
décollement m (plural décollements)
Further reading
- “décollement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.