- fault escarpment
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• откос сброса• терраса сброса• фас или откос сброса• фас сброса
English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
fault escarpment
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Fault-block mountain — Fault block or fault mountains are produced when normal ( near vertical ) faults fracture a section of continental crust. Vertical motion of the resulting blocks, sometimes accompanied by tilting, can then lead to high escarpments. These… … Wikipedia
Escarpment — In geomorphology, an escarpment is a transition zone between different physiogeographic provinces that involves a sharp, steep elevation differential, characterized by a cliff or steep slope. Escarpment is generally used interchangeably with… … Wikipedia
fault scarp — noun : a cliff or escarpment directly resulting from an uplift along one side of a fault * * * Geol. scarp1 (def. 1). [1895 1900] * * * fault scarp, a steep slope resulting from movement along a fault … Useful english dictionary
fault-line scarp — noun : a cliff or escarpment resulting from the erosion of soft rock that has been brought against hard rock by faulting … Useful english dictionary
Niagara Escarpment — Rattlesnake Point near Milton, Ontario … Wikipedia
Balcones Fault — The Balcones Fault is a zone of normal faulting in Texas (USA) that runs approximately from the southwest part of the state to the north central region along Interstate 35. Like most fault zones, the Balcones Fault zone is made up of many small,… … Wikipedia
Zambezi Escarpment — is a name used for the escarpments forming both sides of the rift valley or graben in which lie the middle Zambezi river and Lake Kariba. They are fault scarps, rising 500 to 600 m higher than the lake or river, running from the Batoka Gorge… … Wikipedia
Elgeyo escarpment — is a fault scarp caused by to post Miocene faulting and there are Miocene beds visible. The escarpment is part of the western wall of the Great Rift Valley. [cite web url=http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/cgi/content/abstract/106/1 4/345 title … Wikipedia
Ochil Fault — A view of the scarp face of the Ochils from the Wallace Monument, facing east. The Ochil Fault is the geological feature which defines the southern edge of the Ochil Hills escarpment, Scotland. North of the fault, Devonian lava flows and… … Wikipedia
Darling Fault — The Darling Fault is one of the longest and most significant faults in Australia, extending for at least 1500 km in a north–south orientation near the west coast of southern Western Australia. It is a major geological boundary separating the … Wikipedia
Longmenshan Fault — The Longmenshan Fault is a thrust fault which runs along the base of the Longmenshan Mountains in Sichuan province in southwestern China. The strike of the fault plane is approximately NE. [cite journal last = Dong Jia et al. title = Longmen Shan … Wikipedia
