fault scarp

noun

, Geology.

1. scarp ( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of fault scarp¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

A normal fault with a hade of 15°, the original fault scarp remaining.

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A distinct fault scarp, fifteen to twenty feet high, developed, and in some cases extended right across cultivated fields.

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The general character of the fault-scarp changes with the surface features.

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There can be no doubt that a fault-scarp is formed in the first place with great rapidity.

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But the peculiarity of this pool is that it is not, like the others mentioned above, dammed back by the fault-scarp.

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