fault scarp

noun Geology.
scarp1 ( def 1 ).

Origin:
1895–1900

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The fault scarp on the upthrown block has been eroded and a stream has eroded a
  small canyon into this block.
Sometimes you may not even know that you are looking at a fault scarp.
No structure designed for human occupancy shall be built on a fault scarp.
Damage caused by faulting is consistent with the vertical offset of the land
  surface as deduced from the fault scarp.
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