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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Also, the short scarps opposite the Caloris impact could be the result of seismic waves acting on such pre-existing faults.
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As well as the winding scarps there are also some straight scarps, usually shorter.
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Fault scarps and fissures scar the seafloor.
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Some short scarps and hummocks in this region probably also originate from the Caloris impact.
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The back garden ended at a short steep scarp falling away to a small stream crossed only by a footbridge.
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The evidence is provided by a number of low scarps which wind for considerable distances across the Mercurian surface.
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With the lack of grazing pressure much of the scarp slope has developed scrub and is slowly reverting to woodland.