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scarp
[ skahrp ]
noun
- a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- Fortification. an escarp.
verb (used with object)
- to form or cut into a steep slope.
scarp
/ ɑː /
noun
- a steep slope, esp one formed by erosion or faulting; escarpment See also cuesta
- fortifications the side of a ditch cut nearest to and immediately below a rampart
verb
- tr; often passive to wear or cut so as to form a steep slope
scarp
/ ä /
- A continuous line of cliffs produced by vertical movement of the Earth's crust along a fault or by erosion. The term is often used interchangeably with escarpment but is more accurately associated with cliffs produced by faulting rather than those produced by erosional processes.
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of scarp1
Example Sentences
“Landslide movement continues to manifest at the ground surface in the form of scarps, fissures, grabens/sinkholes, tensional cracking, shear zones and thrust features,” the city’s latest report said.
The consensus view is that Mercury's scarps are mostly about 3 billion years old.
The Saddle Mountain quake broke the ground with a 24-foot-tall scarp that blocked a drainage and created Price Lake, drowning trees as the water rose.
After 14 hours, the waves had carved a small cliff face called a scarp.
Meaning, I guess, that if you survive the shaking, and can figure out how to get across Lake Washington, you could walk 15 miles or so along the wall of a freshly opened scarp.
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