Fault scarp
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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. The topographic expression of fault scarps results from th
This fault scarp was created by the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake. The photo was taken August 19, 1959.
Fault Line Scarp
Borah 1983
1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake
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The 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake occurred in the western United States on August 17 at 11:37 pm in southwestern Montana.
Fault scarp
…volcanic bedrock, but is usually the result of multiple episodic movements of 5 to 10 meters per tectonic event. This fault scarp was created by the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake. The photo was taken August 19, 1959. The dramatic uplift along the fault, which exposes its surface, causes the fault scarp to be very prone to erosion…
Highway 287 slumped into Hebgen Lake, 1959 image
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Road damage from the earthquake, 1959 image