resequent fault-line scarp
resequent fault-line scarp
[rē′sē·kwənt ′fȯlt ‚līn ‚skärp] (geology)
A fault-line scarp which faces in the same direction as the original fault scarp or in which the downthrown block is topographically lower than the upthrown block.
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