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Meaning of décollement | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A gliding plane between two rock masses; a basal detachment fault.

Equivalents

Français décollement

Examples

“The décollements occur in near-continuously exposed Upper Devonian to Lower Cretaceous strata in the southern Chandler Lake quadrangle.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Decolletage Decolletages décolleté decollimation decolonialism decoloniality

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