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tectonic structure > fault scarp

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fault scarp  

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  • A fault scarp is a small step or offset on the ground surface where one side of a fault has moved vertically with respect to the other. It is the topographic expression of faulting attributed to the displacement of the land surface by movement along faults. They are exhibited either by differential movement and subsequent erosion along an old inactive geologic fault (a sort of old rupture), or by a movement on a recent active fault. (Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fault_scarp)

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