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Décollement (from
French décoller 'to
detach from') is a
gliding plane between two rock m****es, also
known as a
basal detachment fault.
Décollements are...
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halite layers;
these parts of the
thrust are
called decollements. If the
effectiveness of the
decollement becomes reduced, the
thrust will tend to cut up...
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overriding plates,
known as the
basal plate boundary shear or the
subduction décollement. The
depth of the
trench depends on the
starting depth of the oceanic...
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Detachment fault,
geological term ****ociated with
large displacements Décollement, a
geological term for a zone
where rock
units are
detached from each...
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Cretaceous age rock that is 1300 to 1400 million
years younger. The
décollement can be seen from
Marias P**** as a thin tan line of rock
roughly halfway...
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faulting in the
interior and
along the main
basal fault,
called the
décollement. It
builds its
shape into a
critical taper, in
which the
angles within...
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continental volcanic arc. This is
particularly the case
where a good
basal decollement exists,
usually in a
weaker layer like a shale, evaporite, or a zone...
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detachment fold, in geology,
occurs as
layer parallel thrusting along a
decollement (or detachment)
develops without upward propagation of a fault; the accommodation...
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mountainous ridges that
formed by
folding over a Tri****ic
evaporite decollement due to
thrust movements in the
foreland of the Alps The 'Simply Folded...
- The Main
Himalayan Thrust (MHT) is a
décollement under the
Himalaya Range. This
thrust fault follows a northwest-southeast strike,
reminiscent of an arc...
