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Tectonic Scarps

Tectonic Scarps is a planetary landform characterized by a steep slope or cliff whose formation is primarily attributed to displacement along faults resulting from tectonic stresses in the crust of a planetary body.

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521

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243

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Variants

Tectonic Escarpments

Parents

Publications

169

Active thrusting and folding along the northern Tien Shan and Late Cenozoic rotation of the Tarim relative to Dzungaria and Kazakhstan

Jean‐Philippe Avouac, P. Tapponnier, Meixiang Bai et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1993 · 777 citations · Full text

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East-west extension and Holocene normal-fault scarps in the Hellenic arc

Rolando Armijo, H. Lyon‐Caen, D. Papanastassiou · Geology · 1992 · 236 citations

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The Great Escarpment of eastern Australia: Tectonic and geomorphic significance

C.D. Oilier · Journal of the Geological Society of Australia · 1982 · 182 citations

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Evidence of Recent Thrust Faulting on the Moon Revealed by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera

T. R. Watters, M. S. Robinson, R. A. Beyer et al. · Science · 2010 · 175 citations

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Post‐glacial slip history of the Sparta fault (Greece) determined by<sup>36</sup>Cl cosmogenic dating: Evidence for non‐periodic earthquakes

Lucilla Benedetti, Robert C. Finkel, Dimitris Papanastassiou et al. · Geophysical Research Letters · 2002 · 169 citations · Full text

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Authors

521

  1. RE
    Robert E. Wallace

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    4 publications · 251 citations

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  2. PG
    Paolo Galli

    Dipartimento della Protezione Civile, Italy

    4 publications · 97 citations

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  3. HH
    H. Hiesinger

    University of Münster, Germany

    3 publications · 227 citations

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  4. CP
    Carole Petit

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    3 publications · 139 citations

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  5. IP
    Ioannis Papanikolaou

    Agricultural University of Athens, Greece

    3 publications · 209 citations

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Institutions

243

  1. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    12 h-index

    29 publications

    1.7K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    11 h-index

    40 publications

    2.3K citations

  3. Institut de physique du globe de Paris

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    17 publications

    4.5K citations

  4. GNS Science

    Lower Hutt, New Zealand

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    263 citations

  5. University of Münster

    Münster, Germany

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    606 citations

  6. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    677 citations

  7. University of Nevada, Reno

    Reno, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    72 citations

  8. University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    156 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 19 publications · 1.9K citations

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  2. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

    BSSA · 12 publications · 420 citations

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  3. Geomorphology

    8 publications · 280 citations

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  4. Geophysical Research Letters

    6 publications · 327 citations

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  5. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

    NZJG · 6 publications · 284 citations

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