fault scarp
Origin of fault scarp
First recorded in 1895–1900
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Historical Examples of fault scarp
The general character of the fault-scarp changes with the surface features.
A Study of Recent EarthquakesCharles Davison
There can be no doubt that a fault-scarp is formed in the first place with great rapidity.
A Study of Recent EarthquakesCharles Davison
But the peculiarity of this pool is that it is not, like the others mentioned above, dammed back by the fault-scarp.
A Study of Recent EarthquakesCharles Davison
In several ways, this fault-scarp differs from that formed with the Japanese earthquake of 1891.
A Study of Recent EarthquakesCharles Davison
Several pools are formed along the course of the fault-scarp by the blocking of small streams.
A Study of Recent EarthquakesCharles Davison