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escarpment

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

escarpment or scarp, long cliff, bluff, or steep slope, caused usually by geologic faulting (see fault ) or by erosion of tilted rock layers. An example of a fault scarp is the north face of the San Jacinto Mts. in California. Examples of erosional escarpments include the Palisades along the Hudson River and the long break separating the coastal region from the inland area in Texas, roughly paralleling the coast.

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

es·carp·ment / iˈskärpmənt/ • n. a long, steep slope, esp. one at the edge of a plateau or separating areas of land at different heights.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

escarpment (fortif.) ground cut to form a steep slope; (geol.) abrupt face of a ridge or hill range. XIX. — F. escarpement, f. escarper vb.; see -MENT.

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escarpment

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

escarpment See SCARP.

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