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FAULT-SCARP [2 records]

Record 1 2010-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A steep cliff formed by movement along one side of a fault.

Key term(s)
  • displacement cliff

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Forme structurale par laquelle une faille peut s'exprimer dans le relief.

CONT

Sur le terrain le rejet vertical se traduit par un «escarpement de faille» qui a tendance à reculer sous l'action de l'érosion [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tectónica
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
DEF

Relieve topográfico producido por una falla. Puede quedar anulado e incluso invertido por erosión.

CONT

Los escarpes de falla son los taludes que resultan cuando uno de los labios de la falla se ha deslizado verticalmente respecto de otro.

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Record 2 2006-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
CONT

The Jacadigo iron-formations in Brazil ... were deposited in grabens and fault scarp basins along the rifted margins of continents of ancient cratons ...

Key term(s)
  • fault-scarp basin

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
CONT

Certaines [...] formations de fer [dont] la formation de fer de Jacadigo au Brésil [...] se sont déposées dans des grabens et des bassins d'escarpement de faille le long de marges de divergence de continents ou d'anciens cratons [...]

Spanish

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