a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion
同义词：escarpment
a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification
同义词：escarpmentescarpprotective embankment
scarps例句
Erosional scarps on Io Morphologic Dating of Degraded Normal Fault Scarps Fitting degradation of shoreline scarps by a nonlinear diffusion model Topography of lobate scarps on Mercury: New constraints on the planet's contraction East-west extension and Holocene normal-fault scarps in the Hellenic arc Submarine fault scarps in the Sea of Marmara pull‐apart (North Anatolian Fault): Implications for seismic hazard in Istanbul Morphological dating of cumulative reverse fault scarps: examples from the Gurvan Bogd fault system, Mongolia The tectonic and volcanic history of mercury as inferred from studies of scarps, ridges, troughs, and other lineaments Trench investigations of the 1915 Fucino earthquake fault scarps (Abruzzo, central Italy): Geological evidence of large historical e... Effect of height and orientation (microclimate) on geomorphic degradation rates and processes, late-glacial terrace scarps in centra...
