scarp
Example Sentences
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“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.
From Los Angeles Times
The consensus view is that Mercury's scarps are mostly about 3 billion years old.
From Salon
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.
From Seattle Times
After 14 hours, the waves had carved a small cliff face called a scarp.
From Science Magazine
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.
From Seattle Times
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