Meanings
noundécollement (plural décollements)
plural décollements
- geographyA 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
Origin
- Frenchdécollement
- Englishdécollement
Borrowed from French décollement.
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décollement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/d%C3%A9collement
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