Scarp
51fault scarp — noun : a cliff or escarpment directly resulting from an uplift along one side of a fault * * * Geol. scarp1 (def. 1). [1895 1900] * * * fault scarp, a steep slope resulting from movement along a fault …
52coun|ter|scarp — «KOWN tuhr SKAHRP», noun. the outer slope or wall of a moat or ditch in a fortification. ╂[< French contrescarpe] …
53beach scarp — an almost perpendicular slope on the beach foreshore caused by the erosional action of waves …
54beach scarp — a steep slope or miniature cliff, formed by wave action, fronting the berm on a beach. * * * …
55fault scarp — Geol. scarp1 (def. 1). [1895 1900] * * * …
56fault scarp — noun A step like feature formed by the slippage of a short section of the surface along a fault line …
57fault scarp — An elevation formed by movement of blocks along a fault plane [16] …
58solution scarp — Escarpment formed by more active solution of lower area or by corrosional undercutting of the base of the escarpment [10] …
59fault scarp — ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY GLOSSARY A steep slope or cliff formed directly by movement along a fault and representing the exposed surface of the fault before modification by erosion and weathering …
60fault-line scarp — noun : a cliff or escarpment resulting from the erosion of soft rock that has been brought against hard rock by faulting …