obsequent fault-line scarp

A fault-line scarp which faces in the direction opposite to that of the original fault scarp or in which the structurally upthrown block is topographically lower than the downthrown block.

Related terms:

• resequent fault-line scarp
• fault-line scarp
• rejuvenated fault scarp
• revived fault scarp
• fault scarp
• fault line
• obsequent
• scarp slope
• Normal Fault
• Right-Lateral Fault