scarps in English

noun
1
a very steep bank or slope; an escarpment.
The slopes are very steep in places, forming scarps .
verb
1
cut or erode (a slope or hillside) so that it becomes steep, perpendicular, or precipitous.
A scarped windward slope is the aspect most characteristic of coastal dunes.
noun

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1. As well as the winding scarps there are also some straight scarps, usually shorter.

2. Fault scarps and fissures scar the seafloor.

3. Some short scarps and hummocks in this region probably also originate from the Caloris impact.

4. Both types of mountains often have steep scarps along one or more margins.

5. The map shows major structures, such as scarps, Counterscarps, and grabens, and tensional openings are showing

6. Also, the short scarps opposite the Caloris impact could be the result of seismic waves acting on such pre-existing faults.

7. The evidence is provided by a number of low scarps which wind for considerable distances across the Mercurian surface.

8. It is important to distinguish such erosional features from true tectonic scarps since only the latter indicate recent or current fault activity.

9. Gravitational reactivation of NE-trending fractures formed gravitational scarps, Counterscarps, and half-grabens in the upper slope, whereas the …

10. At one period, according to his biographers, Capone never attended the opera in Chicago without eighteen guards, enclosing him in in scarps and Counterscarps of …

11. Since 2000 studies of LIDAR and high-resolution aeromagnetic data have identified scarps near Woodinville which trenching has confirmed to be tectonically derived and geologically recent.

12. Trenching on three sides all round a marked area into the rock outcrop isolated a large rectangular mass on which the scarps for the excavation were prepared .

13. Intense Cratering The complex terrain of Ariel is captured in this view of its southern hemisphere.Most of the surface consists of intensely cratered terrain transected by fault scarps and graben.

14. Having discussed Counterscarp repairs at the Porta da traicao postern, the 1514 auto proceeds to detail scarps and Counterscarps at the foot of two mutually adjacent towers--Torre do sino and Torre dos bizcainhos (Tower of the Biscayans).