delamination
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They focused on crustal delamination, a process in which sections of Earth's crust become compressed, chemically altered, and dense enough to detach and sink into the mantle below.
From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2026
It is known to be unreliable under pressure, and its layers are known to come apart in a process called delamination.
From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025
That stress could potentially cause delamination, a horizontal splitting of the carbon-fiber hull, he said.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2023
Such films require a process known as delamination to separate them from their growth substrates, which deteriorates the material’s quality and necessitates further processing10,11.
From Nature • Jan. 21, 2020
In some cases the inner layer is formed not by invagination but by proliferation or by delamination.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
