Fault scarp
Small vertical offset on the ground surface / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A fault scarp is a small step-like offset of the ground surface in which one side of a fault has shifted vertically in relation to the other.[1][2] The topographic expression of fault scarps results from the differential erosion of rocks of contrasting resistance and the displacement of land surface by movement along the fault.[3][4] Differential movement and erosion may occur either along older inactive geologic faults, or recent active faults.[5][6][7]