scarp|scarps in English

noun

[skɑrp /skɑːp]

steep cliff caused by erosion or by a major shift in the earth's crust; inner slope of the trench surrounding a fort

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

2. Counterscarp ( = “opposite scarp,” Fr

3. Fault scarps and fissures scar the seafloor.

4. Attackers must descend the Counterscarp and ascend the scarp. In permanent fortifications the scarp and Counterscarp may be encased in stone.

5. Scarping (plural sCarpings) A scarp (cliff caused by erosion).

6. The scarp has slopes with grades greater than 60 degrees.

7. It is feasible to infer the specific shape of a fault scarp with the help of its average diffusion age and origin time of the scarp.

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

9. Attackers (if they have not bridged the ditch) must descend the Counterscarp and ascend the scarp. In permanent fortifications the scarp and Counterscarp may be encased in stone.

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

11. Later-stage block uplift formed new fault scarp, the previous pediment surface and the wide valley were uplifted[http://Sentencedict.com], and the gully started retrogressive erosion from the scarp to produce a terrace.

12. Abert Rim is the longest exposed fault scarp in North America, and one of

13. Sometimes you may not even know that you are looking at a fault scarp.

14. Counterscarp: The wall opposite the scarp on the outside of a ditch

15. Later-stage block uplift formed new fault scarp, the previous pediment surface and the wide valley were uplifted, and the gully started retrogressive erosion from the scarp to produce a terrace.

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

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

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

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

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

21. There are Moon-reflecting Dragon Pond, Iron Chain Precipice and Moer Scarp, etc. , which are frightening and impressive.

22. 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 …

23. Now back to its white friend, trotting, Bobtailed, across a recess between talon-like projections in the scarp

24. A scarp and a Counterscarp are the inner and outer sides of a ditch or moat used in fortifications

25. The solution of the diffusion equation can be used to simulate the evolution of some kinds of scarp slopes.