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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
/ ²õ°ìɑ˱è /
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
/ ²õ°ìä°ù±è /
- 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.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog 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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