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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