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decollement

decollement is the alternative form of décollement.

Meaning of décollement

Noun

décollement (plural décollements)

  1. A gliding plane between two rock masses; a basal detachment fault.
    • The décollements occur in near-continuously exposed Upper Devonian to Lower Cretaceous strata in the southern Chandler Lake quadrangle.1987, Donald J. Orth, Metal Biogeochemistry in Surface-water Systems

Forms of decollement

pluraldecollements

Questions about decollement

What is decollement the alternative form of?
Decollement is the alternative form of décollement.

Words near decollement in the dictionary

  1. decollators
  2. decollectivisation
  3. decollectivisations
  4. decollectivization
  5. decollectivizations
  6. decollement
  7. decollements
  8. decolletage
  9. decolletages
  10. decollete
  11. decolletes

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