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FAULT LINE SCARP [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

A steep slope or cliff formed by differential erosion along a fault line, as by the more rapid erosion of soft rock on one side of a fault as compared to that of more resistant rock on the other side ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
CONT

[...] un escarpement de ligne de faille est une forme dérivée [de l'escarpement de faille originel] due au travail de l'érosion différentielle, la faille correspondant à un plan de contact entre des roches inégalement résistantes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tectónica
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