décollement

See also: decollement

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French décollement.

Noun

décollement (plural décollements)

1. (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

• IPA^(key): /de.kɔl.mɑ̃/

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Noun

décollement m (plural décollements)

1. detachment, unsticking

Further reading

• “décollement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.